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The Edge of Never: A Skier's Story of Life, Death, and Dreams in the World's Most Dangerous Mountains

The Edge of Never: A Skier's Story of Life, Death, and Dreams in the World's Most Dangerous MountainsAuthor: William A. Kerig
Publisher: Stone Creek Publications
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 reviews
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6

ISBN: 0965633845
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.9350944
EAN: 9780965633840
ASIN: 0965633845

Publication Date: November 7, 2008
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In the world of big-mountain skiing, Trevor Petersen was a legend. Appearing in countless films, magazines and photo shoots, his ponytail flying behind him, he was the very embodiment of the freewheeling spirit of extreme skiing in the 1980s and early ’90s.

Then it all came to an end. On February 26, 1996, while skiing in Chamonix, France – the so-called Death Sport Capital of the World – an avalanche swept Trevor away. His body was found sitting up in the snow as if gazing at the mountains he loved.

Nearly a decade later, Trevor’s fifteen-year-old son, Kye Petersen, a rising star in his own right, traveled to Chamonix to ski the run that took his father’s life and, with the aid of some of the world’s greatest ski mountaineers, to become a member of skiing’s big-mountain tribe.

There to chronicle Kye’s story was William A. Kerig, a filmmaker with a dream of his own – to create a film about the soul of big-mountain skiing and the band of mountaineers who ski the steepest, wildest, most dangerous terrain in the world.

In The Edge of Never, Kerig gives us not only a ripping adventure tale about a young man coming of age but a frank and subtle portrait of the extreme skiers who "live big" in the face of death and risk everything to experience the fullness of life in the mountains.




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4 out of 5 stars The Edge of Never   May 12, 2010
Middle School Reviewer (Colorado, USA)
"The Edge of Never" by William A. Kerig, is a thrilling book with many entertaining literary elements. One element is point of view. Kerig writes this book from his point of view and adds so many details. He writes the story about a boy, not from the boy's point of view though, from his. Which makes it all the more exciting. Another literary element Kerig uses is imagery. With all of the glaciers that Kye, the boy who Kerig writes the book about, skis and all of the big mountains, Kerig writes about every little thing in detail. With him writing all of this he adds amazing imagery that the readers can see. The last literary element that Kerig writes about are all the characters. The characters that he writes about all have their own uniqueness. These characters are all real people. So the people that are also in the movie "The Edge of Never" are the same as in the book, and Kerig does an amazing job with the similarity of the characters in the book.


3 out of 5 stars Somewhat interesting, but not for the story.   March 25, 2010
Phillip D. Delurgio (San Mateo, CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I'm an avid skier, and found the technical aspects about ski mountaineering to be quite interesting.

However, as a story, I found this book ordinary. The writing seems to be on the sixth grade level, and I don't buy for a minute the notion about this being a story that needs to be told. To me, this was not the story of a boys right of passage into manhood (or whatever I was supposed to get out of it). To me it was the story of some guys who like to ski who wanted to make a ski movie.

The supposed subplot -- about the "tribe" of extreme skiers taking care of their own, etc., is uninspiring at best and egotistical at worst. Their behavior seems typical for any group of folks that does something dangerous. The same story has been told a thousand times with firemen, policemen, soldiers, teachers and nurses. What's different is that these skiers do this for themselves and their own bragging rights, not to help others. So if we're supposed to hold extreme skiers in higher regard, I am unconvinced.

Giving it three stars because I do think the technical ski-mountaineering part was well done. This would have been a great article in a magazine, but I don't think it needed to be a book (or movie).



5 out of 5 stars Skier Enthusiast Only   December 4, 2009
C. Corman
Great book if you are into Skiing. I can't wait to see the DVD.


5 out of 5 stars I recommend it   November 22, 2009
twintipbunny (colorado)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is a great book about skiing. It's an easy read and you can go through it in a weekend. This book talks about the making of the movie. It's not a novel form of the movie- which I haven't seen. I already wanted to see the movie, but am even more excited now.


5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book & a Great Film   October 28, 2009
R. Rath (Minneapolis, MN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I read the book last December and loved it. The rest of may family read it as well. Last night we went to see the film. Highly recommend both (read book before watching the film).

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