Born Again on the Mountain: a story of losing everything and finding it back By Arunima Sinha
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I cannot stop applauding this book! It is definitely one of the most realistic, wholesomely inspiring and one of the most beautifully written books I have read so far. Arunima Sinha is one strong woman who never gives up, THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOU FEEL THAT STRENGTH!
This book will leave you in tears, happy tears to be exact. The first few chapters of the book give harrowing detail of the tragedy that Ms Arunima faced, but they also introduce you to her ferocious courage and indomitable will. It will inspire you so much that you will learn to never give up, just like this awesome lioness, Arunima Sinha!
Please grab this book and read it. It is such a wonderful book that you would want to pick it up and read it again and again when you feel low in life. It will recharge you and fill you with will and courage! Paperback a true inspiration is what I got from book. her statement on the top of the world 'I firmly believe that if you have set your mind to achieve something, you should pursue it. nothing is impossible for a truly determined person...'
on a personal note, I too feel connection having a bad phase like not able to walk for 6months and now a proud half marathon finisher 😇 Paperback I must accept, reading Born Again on the Mountain, has created a sense of hope that anyone can achieve anything in life, you have the guts to dream of the impossible and put in all you have got to achieve it. Also this book enlightens you philosophically about how life can change in just a moment and how everything which seemed in place right a moment before was not possible later. This is a book I think everyone must read, so that they can understand their gifted abilities when compared to the disabled and use them to achieve their ambitions. Paperback Inspirational !!! Paperback Detailed review - https://www.bookgeeks.in/born-again-m... Paperback
National-level volleyball player Arunima Sinha was shoved off a moving train by thieves. The accident cost the twenty-four-year-old her left leg and sporting career, but it never deterred her. Two years later she retrained as a mountaineer and became the first female amputee to scale Mount Everest. This is her unforgettable story. Born Again on the Mountain: a story of losing everything and finding it back
Everest Ki Beti (Hindi Edition)(Kindle Edition) by Arunimna Sinha – Motivational Book- This book begins with Arunima Sinha a national level Volleball player, travelling from Lucknow to New Delhi by Train to attend an examination to the post of Head Constable organized by Central Industrial Security Force at Greater Noida. She purchased a general ticket from the Railway Station and boarded Padmavati Express. Near Bareilly Railway chain, she faced snatcher miscreants fought with them. They threw her out of the railway coach. She fell on the neighbouring railway line where her leg was cut by the fast moving train. Next day, people found her, helped her to a railway hospital. Her brother in law was informed. He and her mother and brother arrived. They brought the story to the notice of the Press. Rest, all is history. Politicians, Rail authorities, civil servants The day her leg was amputated; Arunima Sinha took a pledge that many would find even difficult to comprehend. Her objective, from that day onwards, was not simply to prove her proficiency with a prosthetic leg, but was also to conquer the highest peak in the world – Mount Everest. The sense of accomplishment was what brought back her fearlessness as well as made her a motivation for everybody back home. As a national level volleyball player, Arunima from Ambedkarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, was an unstoppable soul. When a gang of robbers drove her out of a moving train in 2011, she firmly concluded that she would not cringe down. She was tired of people looking at her with pity in their eyes, and mountaineering caught her eye. She found it as a perfect action to symbolic and tangible achievement. It literally embodied the spirit of fighting and conquering obstacles. She contacted Bachendri Pal in 2011 by telephone and signed up for training under her at the Uttarkashi camp of the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) 2012. Sinha climbed Island Peak (6150 metres) in 2012 as preparation for her ascent of Everest. Nothing could falter her from her dream. On her first deed while in transit to the summit, she was so cheerful to have achieved the base camp that she lost balance and tumbled to the ground, injuring herself in the process. In the following journey, there were no stepping tools to sustain her to the opposite side of a wide crevice. She was compelled to bounce crosswise over holes which in the event that she missed, would have ended her life. On the day she endeavoured to summit the Mount Everest, she and her Sherpa were the first to leave the camp. When they were very close to the summit, her Sherpa gave her some terrible news. Their oxygen levels were quickly exhausting, and they needed to return the following day for another attempt. Sinha was adamant on completing the summit that very day. With the help of the Sherpa, after two hours, they were at the pinnacle of Mount Everest, and of her success at 10:55 am on 21 May 2013. Those 7 minutes atop the summit were the best moments of her life. She just wanted to shout out to the world that she had done it. She is now dedicated towards social welfare and she wants to open a free sports academy for the poor and differently-abled persons. She is donating all the financial aids she is getting through awards and seminars for the same cause. The academy would be named Pandit Chandra Shekhar Vikalang Khel Academy. In her website arunimasinha.com, she is noted as saying, “I have achieved my goal but now I want to help physically challenged people to achieve their goal so that they can also become self-dependent and nobody looks at them with pity.” Paperback Born Again on the Mountain by Arunima Sinha
I remember the time in 2011 when the name of Arunima was all over the news, be it be on all major news channels or front pages of all national newspapers. At that time I was disgusted by the event but I never expected her to rise from the ashes so when the news sources in 2013 again focused on her conveying that she had climbed Mount Everest and that to do as the first woman amputee I was struck amazed.
This book is a memoir of how Arunima went from being lying on a rail track with her left leg being run over by a train to conquering the highest mountain in the world. It proves that the widely believed claim that women are weak is incorrect. One more argument for this is that she had amputation surgery without any anesthesia. Just the thought of it sends chills down my spine.
Despite the mysterious death of her father and the murder of her brother in her childhood, Sinha family never lost their will to fight. This is also true after the incident. Rather than giving up after losing the leg, each and every member of the Sinha family fought back in their own ways. A prime role in this fight was of Arunima’s sister’s husband Om Prakash(or Sahib) who work(ed) at CRPF. Due to being in paramilitary forces, he was rough and tough but surprisingly also very wise. He planted the idea to climb Mount Everest and was also there to help at every point. Another such character was Bachendri Pal who was very encouraging and needs no introduction being the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest.
This memoir takes us from Bareilly, where the incident happened, to famous places like Delhi and Ladakh, and to secluded places like Gaumukh, and of course Kathmandu. It even includes Namche Bazar, which the book claimed is the highest market. Not only places, but it also mention some great characters as well such as Mr. Yadav Ji(who also selflessly donated blood), Dr. Rakesh who had same experience as of Arunima(leg being run over by a train) but did not let it shatter him and became a doctor specialized in artificial limb, and even some Saints(or Babas).
Arunima is a stronger believer in God and not wrongly so. There were many close calls while training, may it be falling off a cliff or crumbling down with a glacier. It was this faith that also helped her fight against all odds. Do you know this expenditure to climb Mount Everest took 52 days?
It was also nice to read about what an Eco Expedition is – where the climbers bury their waste and on the way back from the summit take it along them so their actions do not cause destruction.
Memoir did not shy away from including the political aspects or personal opinions of Arunima which makes it even more interesting. There were some gems like
• “This is another big problem in the country. We rarely speak up for others, thinking it’s ‘their’ problem. Of course, when it is our problem, we expect the world to help.”
• “No matter how great a loss, time always heals the pain, even though the scars remain.”
• And my personal favorite (from this book): Sometimes when you help someone else, you also end up helping yourself”.
What I read horrifically was that climbers abandoned their fellow climbers who were on verge of death (at least one such case is talked about) but then I doubt there was something they could do about it.
This is a memoir that everyone should read! Paperback What an Inspirational life story of an Indian Girl , who defeated death more than once with her courage and Hope . This Needs to be read by all School students as part of Moral Studies . Paperback 11 April – yes, it is today!! But it is just not another white box in calendar.
11 April – a day in 2011 when Arunima Sinha, practically no-one from a very small village, was kicked and thrown out of fast moving Padmawat Express bound to Delhi by goons, merely in an attempt to snatch a gold chain. The anger escalated due to resistance from Arunima made them drag her to train door and kick her multiple times till she flew in air and hit the other train moving in opposite direction. Tossing her between trains couple of times before laying in between the rail tracks. She counted over 48 trains passing by – in both the directions – crying for help before she felt unconscious. And gain back her consciousness only to feel the excruciating pain, her one leg chopped off by moving train during the accident and other crushed till bones that rats had gathered around for feast.
11 April – also a day in 2013 when Arunima, only after two years from the train incident, had reached Everest base camp on her way to be the first amputee to win the mighty peak – to be, practically, on the top of the world – the top of Mount Everest!!
What an inspirational true-story!! Through book, Arunima tells us an unbelievable tale. From a fight to survive till quest to stirring millions of lives with hope to live and succeed!!
As she writes - On the way to the Everest base camp, one can see the Everest peak on a clear sky from a particular point. Fortunately, the weather was clear when I arrived at that point. As my Sherpa pointed to the spot, I froze. It was a thrilling view. I didn’t know what awaited me – a successful visit to the top and a safe climb down, or an icy grave.
On the other incident – “Imagine several people hanging from a rope from the top of a mountain. A 9-mm rope can hold 2000 kg of weight. I was having great difficulty making my way upwards as it was difficult to find a grip on the ice. After several hits my feet got a grip on the snow. Because I had a rod in my right leg, it wasn’t easy for me to apply the kind of power that was required to displace the hard snow to gain a foothold. At times when I tried to hit the snow with my artificial left leg, it used to turn around at 180 degrees under the impact. Imagine hanging from a cliff in that position. Now until I adjusted that leg to its normal position, movement wasn’t easy. I used to twist and turn my body at odd angles to be in a position to hold and fix my left leg by detaching the stump… [ ].. There were moments when there was heavy bleeding from my legs”
If this story won’t inspire you to fight the unfavorable circumstances around, to be on the top of situation and smile back to achieve the unthinkable, then nothing else will!!
Paperback A book that can ignite many hopeless young minds and people with disabilities,it restores the lost faith and ability in oneself.
It reveals the meaning of Fear can hold you prisoner,Hope can set you free Paperback