Fruit in FAILURE by Adam G Cooper

Fruit in FAILURE by Adam G Cooper

Fruit in Failure: Tales from Mountains I Never Climbed catalogues the author's diverse mountaineering exploits collected from almost forty years' rock and alpine climbing on six continents. While some chapters detail successful summits and survivals, most recount humiliating tales of failure, frustration and defeat. Filled with photos (print version only), the book unfolds as a project in solidarity with the vast sea of average adventurers who will never climb like a superstar, but who know something of the same yearning, enchantment and motivation that only the actual experience of climbing and standing among the great ranges can inspire.

Adam G. Cooper is senior lecturer at theJohnPaul II Institute for Marriage & Family in Melbourne, Australia. He previously served on the United Faculty of Theology in Melbourne and the Lutheran School of Theology and was an honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Life in the Flesh: An Anti-Gnostic Spiritual Philosophy (2008) and The Body in St Maximus the Confessor (2005).