Crystal Clear: The Inspiring Story of How an Olympic Athlete Lost His Legs Due to Crystal Meth and Found a Better Life

by Eric LeMarque and Davin Seay

Book Overview

In this gripping first-person account, former Olympian Eric LeMarque recounts a harrowing tale of survival-of eight days in the frozen wilderness, of losing his legs to frostbite, and coming... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 055380765X
• ISBN13: 9780553807653
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.6" x 0.9" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Awesome!!!

Most incredible true story I've ever read or even heard of...you will love this book!!!

This is the most inspirational read ever

Read this eventual best-seller & true story "Crystal Clear" from Random House Publishing Company. Literary agents have deemed this as the book of 2009. There has been an on-going rival over the rights to this account which has had the literary & production world chopping at the bit for this incredible, inspiring survival story of success, pride, humility, spiritual resurrection, unimaginable loss and ultimate triumph. A professional, Olympic & World Champion ice hockey player survives longer than anyone on record trapped, eight days while snowboarding, in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains battling sub-zero temperatures, stalked by wolves, hypothermia, altitude sickness, frost bite, starvation, torment & loneliness -- not to mention (leading up to this point in his life in 2004 after his career falling adrift for a one year period in his life) coming off the most highly addictive substance in the world crystal meth... He write about, walking through the valley of the shadow of death & making it out the other side -- meeting God, experiencing death, ultimate tragedy & inexplicable loss only to gain more from an already acclaimed & well established life. This story will remain in your mind daily; transform lives while inspiring the nation. Not only am I a book lover, I have wanted to represent & publish this book from day one when I sought & met this heroic individual in the hospital after he subsequently lost his legs to frost bite - only to make it back onto the ice and snow using prosthetics one year, as he promised, to the date of his amputations. We have a new Lance Armstrong with a mind-blowing campaign to help others. This story will not only draw the attention of book lovers but will also ring in the young adults to its youthfulness & very identifiable premise. Buy this book for you, your kids, your friends & anyone who ever felt down & out. The honesty, the writing & the circumstances will forever inspire & touch your hearts. ENJOY! [...] You have to read this book; it is incredible!!!

Survival Then Triumph

This is the true story of Eric who dreamed to become a hockey player. He was also hooked on Meth. When his dream to be a hockey player died, he turned to snowboarding. He got stuck on a mountain for six days! How he survived is an extraordinary tale. He lost both of his feet. What he did with the rest of his life is the story of this book. I won't give it all away, but it is inspirational! A good quick read.