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TAP DANCING ON EVEREST A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure
Summary
Recollections of a courageous journey. In 1988, Zieman, then a 25-year-old medical student, signed on as the medical officer for a team of climbers aiming to ascend the challenging East Face of Mount Everest. As she recounts in a lively, gritty memoir, the project was daunting: "Our small team of si