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Author Paddock, Bonner, author.

Title One more step : my story of living with cerebral palsy, climbing Kilimanjaro, and surviving the hardest race on earth / Bonner Paddock, with Neal Bascomb.

Publication Info. New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
©2015

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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B PADDOCK BONNER P    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B PADDOCK    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B PADDOCK BONNER P    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  616.836 PA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Summary In 2008, Bonner Paddock summited Mount Kilimanjaro. Four years later, he earned the triathlete title Kona Ironman. Thousands have done each individually; Bonner is the first person with cerebral palsy to do both. Bonner grew up just wanting to be ordinary. Despite his skinny legs and habit of tripping over nothing, he fought to keep up with his athletic older brothers and did everything he could to feel like a regular kid, even when it became clear he wasn't. After being diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age eleven, Bonner didn't let it limit him---instead he simply ignored its existence. For the next eighteen years, he guarded the truth about his health, building a normal life and keeping his secret from everyone. But the sudden death of a friend's young son Jake, who also suffered from cerebral palsy, forced Bonner to reevaluate who he was. No longer content striving for normal, he began to pursue one breathtaking experience after another in Jake's memory and, in the process, raising international awareness about cerebral palsy. Embracing his weaknesses to understand his strengths, he pursued the ultimate adventure: the Ironman in Kona, Hawaii, a race regarded by many as the hardest on earth. Along the way he forged a renewed bond with his family and launched a foundation to help disabled children in Africa and at home. This is a story of perseverance that demonstrates how our lives are not defined by limits, but by the moments and lessons that push us past them.--Adapted from book jacket.
Contents Normal. Happy. -- A boy named Jake -- Swimming in the riptides -- The mountain -- It's about to get real -- The wall -- Fire in the furnace -- The fun-house mirror -- Swim. Bike. Run. -- Brothers -- I told you this wasn't going to be easy -- Me against the island -- Go time -- Man of iron.
Subject Paddock, Bonner.
Cerebral palsied -- United States -- Biography.
Mountaineering -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro, Mount.
Triathlon -- Training.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Triathlon.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Mountaineering.
Added Author Bascomb, Neal, author.
Added Title My story of living with cerebral palsy, climbing Kilimanjaro, and surviving the hardest race on earth
ISBN 9780062295583 (hardcover)
0062295586 (hardcover)
9780062295606 (paperback)
0062295608 (paperback)
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