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a year ago

Posted On: August 5th 2025, 10:17 pm

I'm STILL recovering from these books! They're my top faves that gave me all the feels! 😍
What books do you wish you could read again for the first time?!

Comments (19)

a year ago

via_readsbooks

I think this is my sign to finally read Yours, Truly!

a year ago

where.s.my.bookmark_

I have this on my list of videos to do!! Yours truly is one of mine too ❤️

a year ago

booksandcoffeemegan

I wish I could read The Seven Year Slip for the first time!

a year ago

anna.always.reads

Funny Story and Onyx Storm yesss omg. The rest are on my infinitely long TBR

a year ago

readwithnoxy

Added some of these to my TBR

a year ago

mackenziereading

I haven’t read Yours Truly or Funny Story yet but OMG YES to all the others! 😍😭

a year ago

the.paperback.life

Ohhh!!’ Love theoretically just got delivered to my house!! I’m so excited for it

a year ago

theshelfiesociety

Love this!!!!! I am still in The Knight and The Moth

a year ago

outworlder_lostinabook

YOURS TRULY IS MY FAVORITE BOOK. Oh, how I would love to read that again for the 1st time 🥹❤️

a year ago

chapterthirtysomething_

THRONE OF GLASS. specifically Kingdom of Ash. I will NEVER recover 😭😭😭😭 lol

a year ago

baileybookmarks

❤️ #booktok #rightwhereyouleftme #stillattherestaurant #taylorswift #bookrecs #bookstagram

40 YEARS. 14 EIGHT-THOUSANDERS.

Forty years ago today, on 16 October 1986, Hans Kammerlander and I stood on the summit of Lhotse. With that, I had climbed all fourteen eight-thousanders, without bottled oxygen. I was the first. People were celebrating a victory. I had never entered a race.

I am not a competitive person. Let sport have its winners and losers. For me, alpinism is not a sport. It is a way of confronting the unknown, with no guarantee of coming back.

My life was different then. I was much freer. I could devote almost everything to the mountains, make my own decisions and live with the consequences. I had family, of course, but my life did not yet have the responsibilities and priorities it would acquire later.

I understand the fascination with being first. Peter Habeler and I were the first to climb Everest without supplementary oxygen. Then came all fourteen eight-thousanders. I never climbed for records, but I know what these firsts mean to people. And today, after seeing how much goodwill I receive here, I have learned to accept that as a great compliment. Thank you.

But there is something I have learned about success. Everyone wants to celebrate you at the top. Few people are interested when you’re down. Nobody wants to carry the frostbite, the pain, the losses, the endless attempts or the risks. They want the photograph on the summit. They don’t want to pay the price for getting there.

Forty years on, much of it has begun to blur. I don’t mind. I am not made for looking back. I never was. When an expedition was over, I moved on. The same with other chapters of my life. Not because I am particularly disciplined. It is simply my nature.

The past is over. The future is not written. Life is happening now.

So thank you to those who read my books, come to my talks and share their thoughts with me. You have given me a great deal.

And a special thank-you to my haters. You’ve worked remarkably hard to keep my story alive. Not quite what you intended, I imagine.

BRB. DND. Let’s cross the finish line together.

Ironman, 140.6 miles
2.4 mile swim
112 mile bike
26.2 mile run
Less than 17 hours to complete
October 18

No music. No phone. No distractions. Just me, the water, the bike, and the pavement.

See you at the finish line.

Been doin that for ages
Since the time of sages 😉🤍
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Oh haseena zulfon wali😍 @malaikaaroraofficial looking radiant and beautiful as ever 💖🙌🏽

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