{"product_id":"everest-and-the-rest-of-james-nehring-9781685137021","title":"Everest and the Rest of Us: Cycling, Rowing, Trekking, and the Quest for Meaning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I loved delving into the deeper meanings of our search for new, challenging experiences. It's a unique and fascinating adventure tale. 5 stars!\" -Joan Griffin, author of \u003cem\u003eForce of Nature: Three Women Tackle the John Muir Trail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn epic bike ride across the United States turns nearly to tragedy. A rowing journey along the East coast through storms and tidal surges tests physical and mental limits and forces a reckoning with life's priorities. A five-hundred-mile pilgrimage across northern Spain triggers personal and spiritual renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a part-time adventurer takes the progressive ideas that defined his career as a teacher-real world problem solving, expeditionary learning, following your passion-and turns them on himself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEverest and the Rest of Us: Four Journeys in Search of Adventure\u003c\/em\u003e delivers an exciting, three-part tale of cross-country cycling, coastal rowing, and trekking on the Camino de Santiago, by turns suspenseful and comic, painful and triumphant. The fourth journey? Examining why we pursue adventure-pushing our limits, the thrill of taking risks and facing danger, renewal that comes from stepping outside our daily routines, personal empowerment from a challenge met-and exploring the gendered and racialized history of adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of us will never climb Mt. Everest, surf a fifty-foot monster wave off Hawaii, or row single-handedly across the Atlantic Ocean. But everyone loves a good adventure. \u003cem\u003eEverest and the Rest of Us\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the adventurous spirit in us all!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Nehring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685137024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685137021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rose Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"James Nehring","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637490893055,"sku":"9781685137021","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3eb833b8-589d-4b80-b21c-a9dae1fdcc0c.jpg?v=1765116530","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everest-and-the-rest-of-james-nehring-9781685137021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}