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Goodreads asked Scott Parazynski:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Scott Parazynski I've led a wonderfully charmed life, yet punctuated by a few daunting challenges I never thought I'd get through. My family and many friends encouraged - more like coerced (!) - me to write a memoir that would share not only the exhilaration of great summits, but also the raging rivers I've forded. I'm really not that special, just a stubborn dreamer who's found a way to successfully pursue his dreams. It's my sincere hope that readers will be able to launch and attain some of their own big aspirations, with humor and humility possibly accepting a failure or two along the way...

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