Touching the Void, Joe Simpson

I just started this book. It was written by a man who miraculously made it down a mountain in the Peruvian Andes.

Update: Needless to say, he survived. It was an amazing commitment to life. Even though I'm afraid of heights, I'm quite taken with mountain climbing. I'm an armchair mountain climber. The need to test ourselves is exemplified by climbers. They need every ounce of intellectual, physical and emotional strength they can muster. They also need extraordinary luck.

I've tested myself in many ways, most recently through my breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. I count myself as one who has triumphed in all of the ways I've spoken of above. I'm also mindful of my own extraordinary luck.

This is very short book and worth every harrowing moment.