Learning to Fly: An Uncommon Memoir of Human Flight,

Learning to Fly: An Uncommon Memoir of Human Flight, Unexpected Love, and One Amazing Dog

WITH A NEW EPILOGUE BY THE AUTHOR

World-class free climber Steph Davis delivers a â€œthrilling and infectiously interestingâ€ (San Francisco Book Review) memoir about rediscovering herself through love, loss, and the joy of letting go. The paperback includes a new epilogue in which Davis shares how her husband Marioâ€™s tragic accident has affected her relationship to climbing and flying.

Steph Davis is a superstar in the climbing community and has ascended some of the worldâ€™s most challenging and awe-inspiring peaks. But after her first husband makes a controversial climb in a national park, the media fallout escalates rapidly and in one fell swoop leaves her without a partner, a career, a source of income...or a purpose.

In the company of only her beloved dog, Fletch, Davis sets off on a search for a new identity and discovers skydiving. Falling out of an airplane is completely antithetical to the climberâ€™s control sheâ€™d practiced for so long, but she perseveres, turning each daring jump into an opportunity to fly, first as a skydiver, then as a base jumper. As she opens herself to falling, she also finds the strength to open herself to love again, even in the wake of heartbreak. And before too long, she meets someone who shares her passion for living life to the limit.

With gorgeous black-and-white photos throughout, Learning to Fly is Davisâ€™s fascinating account of her transformation. From her early tentative skydives, to zipping into her first wingsuit, to surviving devastating accidents against the background of breathtaking cliffs, to soaring beyond her past limits, she discovers new hope and joy in letting go.
Country USA
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-04-02
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-04-02
Format	Kindle eBook

Learning to Fly: An Uncommon Memoir of Human Flight, Unexpected Love, and One Amazing Dog

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