Chasing Summits: In Pursuit of High Places and an Unconventional Life [Paperback]

???Few have achieved more than Garry Harrington with their mountain climbing and storytelling. Captivating and fascinating, Chasing Summits takes us above the mountaintops and into a personal spiritual awakening.??????Our culture generally discourages obsession???moderation in all things???but Harrington embraced his, resulting in an impressive mountaineering r??sum??. This book makes clear that his experiences were richer than robotic ascents to high and lonely rock piles. Rather, they seem like climatic excuses to visit new parts of the world, to meet new people, and to learn new things about himself.???Garry Harrington hardly recognizes himself any more. Staring down hisfortieth birthday, he no longer looks like the collegiate athlete that onceloved hiking and running. Something has to change before he loses himselfentirely???On the trails of New Hampshire???s MountMonadnock, he begins to shed the life he thought he wanted in pursuit ofsomething more. Harrington???s journey of self-discovery parallels the peaks andvalleys of the mountaintops he pursues, chasing the echoing question: ???Whatif????Garry Harrington hardly recognizes himself in photos any more. Staring down his fortieth birthday, he no longer looks like the collegiate athlete who once loved hiking and running. His dream job as a sports writer no longer holds the same thrill. As his marriage crumbles, he comes to the uncomfortable realization that something has to change before he loses himself entirely...On the trails of New Hampshire???s Mount Monadnock, he begins to feel it. Every heart-pounding slog up gets easier; every break on the summit feels freer, until he racks up 1,000 ascents. As he tackles harder trails in more distant locales, he sheds the life he thought he wanted in pursuit of something more. His journey takes him from the familiar peaks of his native New England to the foreign and famous ??? from the Rockies, to the high peaks of Mexico to Tajumulco Volcano the highest point inlÛ