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Record Nr.

UNINA9910148621803321

Titolo

After the fall: a climber's true story of facing death and finding life

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kregel Publications

ISBN

0-8254-8808-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DeMartinoCraig

RomanelliBill

Disciplina

796.522092

Soggetti

Mountaineering

Mountaineering accidents

Mountaineers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Freefall -- A series of miracles -- Awake and scared -- Getting my attention -- The healing ordeal -- The divine message of Honey Nut Cheerios -- Cyndy's story -- The cut -- Climbing again -- Lurking fear -- A new purpose -- Moving on.

Sommario/riassunto

Craig DeMartino never thought this would happen to him. He was 100 feet up a cliff in Rocky Mountain National Park when-with one step-his 13 years of rock climbing experience and 15 pounds of gear plummeted with him to the ground. Expert climbers say that if you fall 10 feet you have a 10% chance of dying, a 20% chance at 20 feet, 30% at 30, and so on. Craig fell 100 feet. By basic calculation, Craig should not be alive today. But he is. In the months that followed, the pain, the subsequent partial leg amputation, the media attention, and the knowledge that his body was broken challenged Craig on a daily basis. Scarier still was the realization that his faith was broken too. Slowly, as his physical body recovered, Craig's emotional and spiritual body strengthened as well. In prayer, Craig learned to take God out of a box and allow His plan and promise to be revealed. Looking back, the doctors and nurses played a big role in Craig's recovery, but it was a series of miracles that saved his life.For anyone who has been knocked down or run over by life, After the Fall not only offers an engaging read but also provides a clear message of hope: sometimes the greatest gift



we can receive isn't just healing, but the power to endure.