The books
First book · with Jeffrey A. Kottler
A Journey of Adventure, Disaster, and Redemption Inspired by the Plight of At-Risk Girls
The first account of the climb: an electrical engineer with no mountaineering background setting out to fund scholarships for girls in Nepal at risk of trafficking and forced marriage.
Second book · with Jeffrey A. Kottler
A Journey of Hope and Adventure Inspired by the Forgotten
Everest, the 2015 earthquake that struck while she was on the mountain, and the long argument with herself about whether to go back.
Third book · with Jeffrey A. Kottler
A Story of Adventure, Disaster, and Redemption Inspired by the Plight of At-Risk Girls
The same climb told as a study in service and advocacy: what the earthquake taught them, and how protecting girls at risk became a movement. Published for courses in social justice, leadership and counselling.
Latest · written on her own
A Journey of Adventure, Adversity, and Absolution Inspired by the Women, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran
Her own account, and the one the talks are built on: naming a goal you believe is impossible, and the method for climbing it.
Where the money goes
Every penny of the books' proceeds is donated to Dr. Sara's nonprofit work benefiting women and girls.
The second book
Dr. Sara Safari had no mountaineering background when she decided that the way to fund scholarships for girls in Nepal — girls at risk of trafficking and forced marriage — was to climb the highest mountain on earth.
Above the Mountain's Shadow is the account of what that decision cost and what it gave back: the training, the altitude, the 2015 Nepal earthquake that struck while she was on Everest, and the long argument with herself about whether to go back.
It is a climbing book only on the surface. Underneath it is about the girls the climb was for, and about what becomes possible once you accept that the mountain does not care who you were before you started.
For events
Copies can be bundled with a keynote for conferences, offsites and school events — the proceeds go to the same place, so every copy in the room funds the work the talk is about.
Video
The books are the long version. The keynote is the one that changes what a room believes is possible in an afternoon.
