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Title: Journey of Heart
Author: Sequoia Schmidt
Narrator: Sequoia Schmidt
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-03-17
Publisher: Di Angelo Publications
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration
Publisher's Summary:
After losing her father and brother to an avalanche on the world's second highest mountain, Sequoia Schmidt watches a video on social media that becomes the catalyst for a trip that would change her life forever.
Join Sequoia in this inspiring autobiographical adventure of her courageous trek as she leaves behind the safe, familiar surroundings of her home and travels across continents to a remote corner of the planet to "respect the mountain and the climbers who came before" her. She discovers a whole new world, both inside and outside of herself, on this Journey of Heart.
Members Reviews:
Easy, short, and quick read about a woman's emotional journey
Journey of Heart is the story of a young woman's trek to K2 base camp to memorialize her father and brother who had passed away near there two years prior.
She learns of the beauty and danger of the mountain as well as the beauty and danger of mortality.
All this in the setting of war-torn Pakistan.
You won't be disappointed that you read this, and you just may be able to catch the author speaking and reading excerpts at your local REI.
Five Stars
Wonderfully written memoir.
prompted by a face book posting showing a photo of a deceased mountain climber that looked a little like her brother
Sequoia, prompted by a face book posting showing a photo of a deceased mountain climber that looked a little like her brother, embarked on a journey to the mountain where her father and brother were tragically killed in an accident two years before. K2 is the second highest mountain in the world and arguably the most dangerous to climb. She went to find the remains and to identify and bury them. She traveled alone, only her and three or four Pakistani guides, cooks, and porters.
When you hike and camp over long distances with people you inevitably talk. Sequoiaâs book reads like you are hiking along with her and she is telling of her adventure to K2. She describes the tastes and sounds of the journey until you can feel it. Each passage is filled with her love of adventure and travel to faraway places and the book is also filled with the love and respect she had for her father and brother. Her casual passages make you forget just how remarkable it was for a young woman to plan and complete such a journey, deep into Pakistan on short notice and with little time for planning.
A good story and a good read.