Second Ascent: The Story of Hugh Herr

by Alison Osius

Describes how a talented rock climber survived a double amputation at seventeen to return to his chosen sport. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811717941
• ISBN13: 9780811717946
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

second ascent:the story of hugh herr

this was a very good book and i would recommend it to anyone that likes to read about a good struggle and that thinks they have it hard.

Touching, intimate story of true grit and good character.

It seems like a simple story: Boy meets climbing, boy loses legs, boy learns to climb again and rediscovers the joys of life. But nothing about the story is really that simple - its just like real life, complicated, sometimes perplexing. Alison's vivid and intimate depiction of this true-life heroic tale is masterful, and the hero of the tale is Hugh's terrible and terrific struggle back from losing his legs to again being the filled-with-the-joy-of-life person (and incidentally, a pretty darn good climber) at a more mature level than previously possible. A hidden classic.