Name: The Gap Years. Climbing, Skiing, and the Journey Back
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Author: Tom French
ISBN: 9781684583027

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The Gap Years. Climbing, Skiing, and the Journey Back

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Brandeis University Press

Author

Tom French

Year

2026

Pages

256

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.90 x 15.20 cm

ISBN13

9781684583027

The Gap Years. Climbing, Skiing, and the Journey Back

Tom French (Author) · Brandeis University Press · Hardcover

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Synopsis "The Gap Years. Climbing, Skiing, and the Journey Back"

An inspiring story of adventure and endurance in a quest to rediscover the passions of youth. At the end of 2019, Tom French retired from a four-decade career in business, determined to return to interests that had defined his youth and see what meaning they still held. One of these interests was mountaineering. Another was adventure travel, with a particular focus on Nepal. A third was cross-country ski racing. Having taken “gap years” between school and university, and again before he started work, he decided to take a gap year before settling into the expectations of retirement. One year turned into three as he rebuilt his athletic strength, competed in cross-country ski marathons, and climbed some of the world’s highest mountains, including two expeditions to Mount Everest. On the first Everest climb, a cyclone forced him to turn around high on the mountain and descend the treacherous Lhotse Face in a blizzard. On the second, he approached the mountain through the remote Makalu Barun region, the first climber ever to do so, and climbed to the summit on a moonlit night. But this is a book about much more than Everest. It is about beauty and joy found in wild places, about cross-country ski racing and mountaineering more broadly, and—most of all—about a journey to find meaning in life and reconnect with the passions of youth.