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‘Tap Dancing on Everest’

JL;DR SUMMARY Dr. Mimi Zieman's memoir, "Tap Dancing on Everest," recounts her incredible journey as a young medical student and the sole woman on an expedition attempting a new ascent on Mount Everest without sherpas or oxygen. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust SurvivorJewish IdentityMemoirFeminismAdventureSelf DiscoveryIsraeli HeritageMount EverestDr. Mimi ZiemanMountaineering

Places mentioned

Mount Everest, Central, Nepal
"She would join four climbers as they attempted a new route up the rarely traversed East Face of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world above sea level."
Nepal
"...her experiences as a young woman traveling the Annapurna Circuit, a long-distance trek in the Annapurna mountain range in Nepal."
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"Today, Dr. Zieman is a women's health advocate and ob/gyn living in Atlanta, married with three children."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"Growing up in Manhattan, Dr. Zieman was negatively impacted by her parents disintegrating marriage, absorbing the sense that she was never good enough."

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