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Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World

by Kilian Jornet, Charlotte Whittle
$9.90
Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World
Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World

Raw mountain grit from an endurance icon

If you’re drawn to real stories of obsession, discipline, and pushing beyond what feels human, this will likely stay with you. Kilian Jornet’s journey feels intensely personal, but it also captures the wild beauty and danger of chasing summits at the highest level. Readers who love adventure memoirs often come away inspired by how honestly it shows both ambition and sacrifice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World

by Kilian Jornet, Charlotte Whittle
$9.90
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ISBN: 9780062965035
Authors: Kilian Jornet, Charlotte Whittle
Publisher: HarperOne
Date of Publication: 2020-08-25
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Nature, Sports
Related Topics: Memoir, Adventure, Natural History, Travel, Biography Memoir, Autobiography, Biography
Goodreads rating: 3.63
(rated by 2109 readers)
 

Raw mountain grit from an endurance icon

If you’re drawn to real stories of obsession, discipline, and pushing beyond what feels human, this will likely stay with you. Kilian Jornet’s journey feels intensely personal, but it also captures the wild beauty and danger of chasing summits at the highest level. Readers who love adventure memoirs often come away inspired by how honestly it shows both ambition and sacrifice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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