Fear No Boundary: One woman's amazing journey

By: Lincoln Hall and Sue Fear

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Synopsis: Climbing is a bit like rolling a dice ? sometimes things fall into place and you achieve your aim. Sometimes your number comes up. Sue Fear, April 2006Sue was a beautiful person, a great Australian and an inspiration to The Foundation and to all those who knew her. The Fred Hollows Foundation Sue Fear was inspirational. She was a vibrant personality, a mountaineer, a tireless worker for various charities and youth, and a good friend to many. Australian GeographicFear No Boundary provides an insight into the psyche of Sue Fear, Australia's most successful female mountaineer, one of a handful of women to have climbed five of the world's 8000-metre mountains and the first Australian woman to summit Mount Everest via the North Ridge Route.Co-written by Lincoln Hall, whose miraculous brush with death on Everest just days before Sue's fatal fall reminded the world of the perilous nature of this extreme vocation, this edition includes a postscript outlining Sue Fear's final expedition to conquer Mount Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest peak.