One mountain, two summitsMany people undertake fundraising hikes to Everest Base Camp each year, but very few publish a book about their experience. Wei San, who thinks of herself as an ordinary person accomplished two grueling She hiked to Mount Everest Base Camp – and she published a book about it, too. By her own admission, Wei San isn’t especially sporty. But 18 years ago, she and her father climbed Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in her home country of Malaysia (13,435 feet / 4,094 meters). That trek started a much longer journey.“I always wondered what it would be like to participate in a challenge that rallied others,” Wei San says. This “wild thought” stayed in her head until one day in 2017, when she received an e-mail asking if she’d like to try a fundraising trek to Everest Base Camp on behalf of UNICEF. A ‘Mountain Dream’ come true Encouraged by her success in trekking Mount Kinabalu, she decided to go for it. And in 2018 she completed the fundraising climb. Always a bookworm, Wei San had another wild to become an author. “My trip up Everest Base Camp had such a huge impact on me that I wanted to share it with others. At the same time I made my long-time dream of writing a book come true,” she says.The gift of writing It was a huge task, but Wei San is no stranger to perseverance. After nearly 15 months of writing, and after taking some courses offered by the Self Publishing School, she published her memoir “Mountain Dream” in January 2021. The book you are seeing here. “I put a lot of detail into my writing,” Wei San says. “It brought the experience back to life for me, too.”Formative experience The climb and the writing experience taught Wei San lessons for work, and for life.“I learned to embrace the pleasant, but also the unpleasant experiences because they all play a part in helping me to grow,” Wei San says. “Things may not always turn out the way I plan, but my attitude can make a difference.”This is the story Wei San would like to share with you. Don't wait. Get a copy now!
