Tom French: The Gap Years

Cover: 9781684583027 | The Gap Years | Climbing, Skiing, and the Journey Back | Tom French

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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.

Über den Autor

Tom French is a lifelong mountaineer, cross-country skier, and lover of the outdoors. A senior partner emeritus of McKinsey & Company, he is currently board chair of the Trustees of Reservations, a director of Corning Incorporated, and serves on several other nonprofit boards. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Jill.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Biographien , Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13:	9781684583027
ISBN-10:	1684583020
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	French, Tom
Hersteller:	Brandeis University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	160 x 238 x 26 mm
Von/Mit:	Tom French
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.05.2026
Gewicht:	0,634 kg