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MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB: QUEST FOR EVEREST AND BEYOND [Singapore] 1999 1st edition DJ New SIGNED by David Lim
By Lim, David
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Singapore, 1999. 241 pp, 90 color photos. Lim was the leader of the 1998 Everest ascent that was the first to put a Singaporean on the summit. Hardcover, Dust Jacket, New. Other than the author's signature, there is no writing in the book or other flaws, and the dust jacket has no wear and is not price clipped. The Dust Jacket and the book are Fine. The Dust Jacket is protected by a removable clear plastic cover that we call a Brodart (the maker of the book covers.)

This copy is SIGNED by David Lim on the title page.

On May, 1998, two members of the 1st Singapore Mt Everest expedition stood on top of the world. For expedition leader David Lim, it was the realization of a dream that had consumed him for more than ten years. The two summiters were Swee Chiow Khoo and Cheok Wai Edwin Siew (numbers 788 and 789). Both are citizens of Malaysia.

But one week after the team's triumphant return to a rapturous welcome, David contracted the devastating and rare nerve disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome. Hanging between life and death, he could barely breathe, speak, swallow or even move a muscle. Mountain to Climb is an absorbing first-person account of David's preparation for the assault on Mt. Everest and his descent into the abyss of near-total paralysis.

It is the story of a small country's quest for Everest, the failures, heart-break and sacrifices behind one of Singapore's greatest sporting achievements. It is also an uplifting, inspiring and courageous story of a group of ordinary people with an extraordinary quest. You will agonize with the team as they come within 100 meters of the summit only to turn back, rejoice when they finally make it, and you will weep with David as he struggles in hospital. From climbing the world's greatest mountain ranges to his slow journey to recovery and uncertain future, Mountain to Climb is a story that will hold you in its grip like no other.

David Lim

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
David Lim is a Singaporean mountaineer and motivational speaker who led the first Singapore Mount Everest Expedition in 1998. Between 1994 and 1998, he led and organised a team from the flat tropical island nation to the top of Everest.

Sustaining an injury on the summit push, he did not make the summit himself though two other team members succeeded in making the top on May 25, 1998.

A week after his return, and not related to the climb, he was stricken with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a rare nerve disorder where the immune system attacks the peripheral nerves. Paralysed from eyes down, he spent six months in hospitals, and emerged partially disabled in both legs.

He returned to mountaineering, and since 1999, has led more than 15 expeditions, including the first all-Singapore ascent of Argentina's Aconcagua (6962m), one of the Seven Summits; and the world's third solo of Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the world (6893m). In summer 2005, he led the first Southeast Asian team to climb virgin peaks in the Tien Shan mountain range on the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border. The team summitted three peaks, now officially recognised as Temasek, Singapura I, and Ong Teng Cheong peaks.

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