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A Mountain to Climb
On the 23rd of May 2019, Hakan Bulgurlu became one of the fortunate few to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. To stand on top of the world’s highest mountain is a humbling experience, to bear witness to nature at its most awe-inspiring and powerful is even more humbling. Bulgurlu’s quest to climb Everest came with a purpose: making the environment the centre of his ambition to highlight the catastrophic effect climate change is having on our planet, to lead by example and to seek out practical solutions. He wanted to use the expedition as a wake-up call to what we are doing to the natural world.
In his powerful new book, Bulgurlu tells the fascinating story of this adventure of a lifetime, harrowing and exhilarating in equal measure. He delves into the roots of the environmental crisis we find ourselves in, speaking to climate activists and campaigners, biologists, scientists, filmmakers, academics, economists, entrepreneurs, global leaders and innovators. They help shed light on the issues that we face and the solutions that will help secure a better future for generations to come. In this gripping account of his journey, Bulgurlu describes the challenges he faced in reaching the summit, and the challenges we all face in protecting the planet and the future of humanity.
In his powerful new book, Bulgurlu tells the fascinating story of this adventure of a lifetime, harrowing and exhilarating in equal measure. He delves into the roots of the environmental crisis we find ourselves in, speaking to climate activists and campaigners, biologists, scientists, filmmakers, academics, economists, entrepreneurs, global leaders and innovators. They help shed light on the issues that we face and the solutions that will help secure a better future for generations to come. In this gripping account of his journey, Bulgurlu describes the challenges he faced in reaching the summit, and the challenges we all face in protecting the planet and the future of humanity.
384 pages, Hardcover
Published March 3, 2022
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April 7, 2022
Highly recommended to everyone interested in nature and climate facts.
April 8, 2022
extremely interesting!
April 7, 2022
A book everyone should read!
April 7, 2022
Amazing book!
April 7, 2022
“What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?” - Henry David Thoreau
An extremely powerful story to raise awareness of climate change. Highly recommended!
An extremely powerful story to raise awareness of climate change. Highly recommended!
April 7, 2022
A really well written and fluid book, I read through the book in about 2 days. What fascinated me most was the good combination of facts and a great adventure. There are lots of books about climate change, but it's mostly all informational and, to be honest, sometimes boring. Here not only do you get a good perspective of the problem from the eyes of a CEO of a big industrial company, but also from the eyes of an adventurer trying to summit Everest to get attention to the problem. There is always something each one of us can do to save our planet!
April 8, 2022
very impressive book :)
April 7, 2022
Strong messages. Fluent, realistic and sincere.
April 7, 2022
quite an impressive book!
April 7, 2022
Great insight to Hakan's personal determination to be good and do good. Good read for all ages.
March 7, 2022
This book has a good mix of science and adventure
August 2, 2025
I honestly do not understand the high ratings.
As a whole, you get a privileged and blissfully unaware individual who embarked on an highly curated but always risky Everest ascent justified through the guise of bringing awareness to climate action. Maybe I’m being pessimistic but I can’t help but think Everest is almost always a selfish endeavor given the sheer amount of ‘help’ required to accomplish it under the best conditions - let alone the risk each person assumes given the juxtaposed incentive structures. But, an untrained Everest ascent and the pay-to-play nature that enables it are incomprehensible to me.
Tips for reading, 2.5X speed gets it done in about 4 hours. Read only the odd chapters if you want a mediocre adventure story of someone irresponsibly learning the ‘ropes’, literally, on the biggest stage possible. Read the even chapters and you get a reiteration of the current climate crisis with information that anyone who is reasonable informed would already know.
‘Littered’, again literally, with blatant contradictions as the chapter numbers ticked up.
As a whole, you get a privileged and blissfully unaware individual who embarked on an highly curated but always risky Everest ascent justified through the guise of bringing awareness to climate action. Maybe I’m being pessimistic but I can’t help but think Everest is almost always a selfish endeavor given the sheer amount of ‘help’ required to accomplish it under the best conditions - let alone the risk each person assumes given the juxtaposed incentive structures. But, an untrained Everest ascent and the pay-to-play nature that enables it are incomprehensible to me.
Tips for reading, 2.5X speed gets it done in about 4 hours. Read only the odd chapters if you want a mediocre adventure story of someone irresponsibly learning the ‘ropes’, literally, on the biggest stage possible. Read the even chapters and you get a reiteration of the current climate crisis with information that anyone who is reasonable informed would already know.
‘Littered’, again literally, with blatant contradictions as the chapter numbers ticked up.
July 19, 2022
A fascinating book. The story of him climbing the mountain keeps you on the edge of your seat. The facts on the climate are inspiring and very scary at the same time. There is hope but only if we all believe and start to climb now.
August 11, 2022
After hearing the author speak on a podcast, I was compelled to learn more. His personal commitment to making a difference in the dangerous state of our world’s changing climate is impressive and inspirational.
April 8, 2022
Fluent, realistic and amazing story.
April 8, 2022
Highly recommended
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