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Together on Top of the World: The Remarkable Story of the First Couple to Climb the Fabled Seven Summits
Together on Top of the World The Remarkable Story of the First Couple to Climb the Fabled Seven Summits Author:Phil Ershler, Susan Ershler, Robin Simons On May 16, 2002, Phil and Susan Ershler reached the — top of Mt. Everest and became the first couple in history — to scale the fabled Seven Summits. What made — their achievement all the more remarkable was that Susan — was not a mountain climber, but a high-powered — Fortune ® 500 executive who had never hiked or climbed — until she met Phil at the a... more »ge of 36. Phil, a professional
mountain guide who was the first American to summit
Everest from its treacherous north face, had climbed his
whole life with Crohn's disease, a chronic, debilitating
illness. Adding to these challenges, just before their final
summit, Phil was diagnosed with colon cancer, and the
resulting surgeries and complications were expected to
end his career. This is Susan and Phil's story: a tale of
love set in the mountains, a story of triumphal highs
and devastating lows in quest of a seemingly impossible