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"NetGalley Review: 4 stars Last updated on 16 Eug 2022 ""I'm a sucker for adventure memoir books. I love reading about all these amazing people doing amazing things I could only dream about doing. But one thing I love above all else is how not cocky any of these people are. They talk about all their adventures, from climbing Everest and K2, and also in the case of this book, skiing to each of the poles unaided. But they also talk about how damn hard everything is. The emotional turmoil of being away from your home and everyone you love, the physical exhaustion from pushing yourself to edge day after day, the anguish of losing people you care about to avalanches, falls, and diseases such as HAPE/HACE and AMS. They don't sugarcoat anything. Their accomplishments are fantastic, but they can come at a price. I have read several books about mountain climbing, but this is the first one about adventuring to the poles. Waters writes in a very easy to follow format, explaining his time on each expedition and what went with it. However, I wish that he had elaborated a bit more on them. I really enjoyed reading about each trip, and I get that there are days on them where not a lot happens, but I would have liked a bit more in-depth explanation on a few of them. I did enjoy how he talked about his personal life outside of his expeditions, and how his love of climbing and grand adventures wasn't easy, and sometimes got in the way of the other things he wanted. I can only imagine how hard it would be to have a steady relationship with someone when you're gone for months at a time, with the very real possibility that you won't come back home alive. We may dream of doing these amazing expeditions, but we don't always realize what consequences they may have. I applaud Ryan Waters and the many others who have realized these dreams and shared them with the rest of us."" --Kamis Gardner, Consumer Reviewer NetGalley Review: 5 stars Last updated on 09 Jul 2022 ""This book is the classic adventure's memoir. The first half is about the author's early life experiences and mountain climbing. The second half of the book is largely about the two polar expeditions that complete the American Grand Slam (a term that was, surprisingly, new to me). I haven't read too many memoirs about polar trips, but they sound intense. Ryan Waters is a badass adventurer and you deserve to read his story."" --Katie Quinn, The Sports Librarian"

"NetGalley Review: 4 stars Last updated on 16 Eug 2022 ""I'm a sucker for adventure memoir books. I love reading about all these amazing people doing amazing things I could only dream about doing. But one thing I love above all else is how not cocky any of these people are. They talk about all their adventures, from climbing Everest and K2, and also in the case of this book, skiing to each of the poles unaided. But they also talk about how damn hard everything is. The emotional turmoil of being away from your home and everyone you love, the physical exhaustion from pushing yourself to edge day after day, the anguish of losing people you care about to avalanches, falls, and diseases such as HAPE/HACE and AMS. They don't sugarcoat anything. Their accomplishments are fantastic, but they can come at a price. I have read several books about mountain climbing, but this is the first one about adventuring to the poles. Waters writes in a very easy to follow format, explaining his time on each expedition and what went with it. However, I wish that he had elaborated a bit more on them. I really enjoyed reading about each trip, and I get that there are days on them where not a lot happens, but I would have liked a bit more in-depth explanation on a few of them. I did enjoy how he talked about his personal life outside of his expeditions, and how his love of climbing and grand adventures wasn't easy, and sometimes got in the way of the other things he wanted. I can only imagine how hard it would be to have a steady relationship with someone when you're gone for months at a time, with the very real possibility that you won't come back home alive. We may dream of doing these amazing expeditions, but we don't always realize what consequences they may have. I applaud Ryan Waters and the many others who have realized these dreams and shared them with the rest of us."" NetGalley Review: 5 stars Last updated on 09 Jul 2022 ""This book is the classic adventure's memoir. The first half is about the author's early life experiences and mountain climbing. The second half of the book is largely about the two polar expeditions that complete the American Grand Slam (a term that was, surprisingly, new to me). I haven't read too many memoirs about polar trips, but they sound intense. Ryan Waters is a badass adventurer and you deserve to read his story."""

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RYAN WATERS is a professional mountaineer, mountain guide and polar adventurer. He has worked in the professional guiding and outdoor education field for 18 years. His expeditions have taken him to Nepal, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Tibet, Pakistan, Mexico, Russia, Tanzania, Greenland, Indonesia, Antarctica, the Arctic Ocean and beyond. His guiding resume includes over fifty ascents of the various Seven Summits, well over 35 expeditions in the Andes Range and 24 expeditions to the Himalayas including five summits of Everest, 13 times standing on the summit of various 8,000m mountains. A team unsupported west-to-east ski traverse of Greenland expanded his interests into the polar regions, where he cut his teeth on difficult polar ski expeditions in addition to climbing. In 2010, Ryan and Cecilie Skog completed a 1,120 mile/1,800 kilometer Antarctic ski expedition over 70 days from Berkner Island in the Ronne/Filchner Sea to the South Pole, continuing to the Ross Sea to complete the first ski traverse of Antarctica without resupplies or the use of kites. In 2014, Ryan and Eric Larsen skied for 53 days to complete the last unsupported full ski expedition to the North Pole. The expedition was made into a two-hour Discovery Networks documentary. He has contributed as a writer to several media outlets, several books and documentaries and the book Antarctica, published in Norway by Gyldendal. His photographs have been published in several magazines, books, gear catalogues, web outlets and two book covers. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and is a certified Master Polar Guide with the International Polar Guides Association. HUDSON LINDENBERGER is a full-time, award-winning journalist and author whose work has appeared in Men’s Journal, Backpacker, 5280 and many other regional and national publications. He was the co-author of On Thin Ice: An Epic Final Quest into the Melting Arctic that told the story of Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters’ trip to the North Pole, a Gold Medalist at the 21st Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards. When Lindenberger is not writing he spends his time in the mountains of Colorado hiking, biking, and climbing.

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