num_pages: 344
description: In the tradition of Cheryl Strayeds Wild comes this funny and gritty debut memoir in which Jan Redford grows from a nomadic rock climber to a mother who fights to win back her future. Compassionate and courageous End of the Rope shows us that there are many types of bravery required not just in the wilderness but in surviving day to day life. Tanis Rideout author of Above All Things After the love of her life is killed in an avalanche a grieving Jan finds comfort in the arms of his climbing buddy an extreme alpinist. But their marriage soon falters. While her husband logs forests and dreams of distant peaks Jan has children and takes on a wifes traditional role. Over the following years however she pursues her own dream one that pits her against her husbandattending university and ultimately gaining independence.End of the Rope is Jan's telling of heart-stopping adventures from a harrowing rescue off El Capitan to leading a group of bumbling cadets across a glacier. It is her laughter-filled memoir of learning to climb and of friendships with women in that masculine world. Most moving this is her story of claiming freedom from a crushing marriage an act of bravery equal to climbing mountains.
language: English
title: End of the Rope: Mountains, Marriage, and Motherhood
publisher: Counterpoint Press