From Ararat to Everest
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From Ararat to Everest

How Surviving Warzones Inspired a Climb to the Top of the World

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From Ararat to Everest

How Surviving Warzones Inspired a Climb to the Top of the World

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From car bombings to meeting Yasser Arafat and making it to the summit of Mount Everest, Mark 'Squiz' Squirrel has experienced more than many can dream about. When he headed to the East Timor Crisis in 1999 he was setting out on the adventure of a lifetime. It was a journey that would see him navigate some of the globe's most brutal war zones to deliver emergency aid and conquer the world's tallest mountain.
Awarded the coveted 'Green Beret' in his role as a commando with the Australian Special Forces, Squiz burned with a passion to put his skills to good use. His enthusiastic innocence was lost as the harsh reality of life in the emergency zone hit home. His aid work took him to countries such as Sudan, Palestine and Afghanistan where he met child soldiers, negotiated with rebels and narrowly escaped imprisonment.
To raise awareness he ran the Athens marathon dressed in an Afghan burkha and put together an adventure team comprising an Iseaeli and Palestinian. To top it off, Squiz battled thin air, freezing temperatures and malfunctioning equipment to raise the United Nations World Food Programme flag on top of the world.

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Publisher
Brolga Publishing
Year
2024
ISBN
9780648612032
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Prologue
  6. 1. Aid work 101 East Timor
  7. 2. Behind enemy lines West Timor
  8. 3. Mafia and men with balaclavas Albania
  9. 4. An aid worker’s African safari Sudan
  10. 5. Inspired by impoverished boys Sudan
  11. 6. Aid at its worst Afghanistan
  12. 7. Burkha man runs marathon Athens
  13. 8. Meeting Arafat Palestine
  14. 9. Team Middle East Gaza and Timor Leste
  15. 10. Messing with the big boys Jerusalem
  16. 11. Maoist encounter Nepal
  17. 12. A little mountain Nepal
  18. 13. A bigger mountain Nepal
  19. 14. Caught high in the Himalayas Nepal
  20. 15. Preparing for Everest
  21. 16. Gaping crevasses and monstrous blocks of ice
  22. 17. Pushing to new limits
  23. 18. Inside the death zone
  24. 19. The final assault
  25. 20. Fighting hunger on Everest
  26. 21. Dramas on the way down
  27. 22. Life continues
  28. About the author
  29. Acknowledgements
  30. Back Cover