ISBN978-4-7631-9979-9
191 pages / December, 2009 / 1,300 yen (w/o tax)
He had no money and no form of assistance-all he had was a dream.
He collected over 100 million yen by himself and became the first person to carry out a successful Internet broadcast from Mt. Everest. This 27-year-old teaches us how to fulfill our dreams.
“I wanted to have a moving adventure that would encourage people to take courageous action.”
This is the first book written by alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki, who conducted live Internet broadcasts from the uninhabitable Death Zone in the Himalayas, 8,000 meters above sea level, in his quest to share his adventure.
The book is about his solo effort to climb Dhaulagiri, the world’s seventh highest peak. The book describes how–while on his solitary 8,000-meter climb without bottled oxygen–he learned to achieve his dreams and to never give up. It has been lauded by businesspeople and students alike as a book with practical applications, not just a typical adventure book.
This is a must-read for people who want to know why the author climbed the mountain and risked his life for a live broadcast, and for readers who want to know what he was thinking. It’s also for people who still have a goal they would like to achieve.
– Getting rid of limitations
– My first life-risking climb
– Mt. McKinley, North America’s highest peak
– Words that changed my life
– Talking from the roof of the world
– Dhaulagiri, the seventh highest mountain in the world
– Climbing the unseen mountains
– Fulfilling your dreams
– What my father taught me about the power of dreams
– Winning favor
– Staying free
– Mt. Everest–alone and without oxygen
This 27-year-old author is always looking for challenges to accomplish pioneering feats! When I first met him, I couldn’t help being impressed. He wanted to do what no one had done before: streaming a live broadcast from an 8,000-meter peak. He collected all the money he needed by himself, using an unusual business strategy that’s revealed in this book.
Unlike Mr. Kuriki, I don’t have dreams that are big enough to change the world. Even so, I feel that this book gave me the courage to tackle the small challenges in my daily life that I had already given up on. This is a book I would like to give to all of my friends to read.
