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In this collection of stories written over a 25-year span, Geof Childs describes the tension, joy, triumph and heartache of living in two worlds.

  • Author: Geof Childs
  • Softcover; 217 pages
  • The Mountaineers Books; copyright 2000

Having abandoned a normal career path for a life of climbing and worldwide adventure, this baby boomer finds himself at middle age putting on the "gray suit of ambition" in order to support his wife and child. Yet he soon discovers that though he had abandoned climbing and adventure, they had not abandoned him. Childs describes two worlds: of building a life that accommodates not only his responsibilities but also the "brilliant triviality and sublime uselessness" of climbing.

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Item 684136

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