No Magic Helicopter

When the bottom fell out of Carol Masheters life at age 50, she took up mountaineering to cope with her grief and anger. Little did she know that mountaineering would lead her to try Everest when she was 61 in 2008. No Magic Helicopter: An Aging Amazons Climb of Mount Everest chronicles her preparation for the climb, the struggle to the summit, and the blind descent that nearly cost her life. Currently, Dr. Masheter is the second oldest woman in the world to summit Everest and return home alive.