In this riveting first-person account, former Olympian and professional hockey player Eric LeMarque tells a harrowing tale of survival–of how, with only a lightweight jacket and thin wool hat, he survived eight days stranded in the frozen wilderness after a snowboarding trip gone horribly wrong. Known by his National Guard rescuers as “the Miracle Man,” Eric recounts his rise to success and … success and fame as a hockey player and Olympian, his long and painful fall due to crystal meth addiction, and his unbelievable ordeal in the wilderness. In the end, a man whose life had been based on athleticism would lose both his legs to frostbite and had to learn to walk–and snowboard–again with prosthetics. He realized that he couldn’t come to terms with his drug addiction or learn to walk again by himself. He had to depend on God for his strength.
Now an inspirational speaker committed to raising awareness for the dangers of drugs and crystal meth, Eric, in 6 Below, confronts the ultimate test of survival: what it takes to find your way out of darkness, and–after so many lies–to tell the truth and, by the grace and guidance of God, begin to live again.
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Very good account of one man’s near-death experience and how it affected him.
Reading about Eric’s struggle for survival in this true story that started with an innocent snowboarding adventure. Only someone with serious willpower would be able to survive the struggles Eric endured as he tried to find his way off the mountain.
I thought this book was very interesting and a page turner, at the beginning. Towards the end, I felt like it was going too fast and missing critical information.
Loved this story! It was beautifully and honestly told. Beginning with ego and arrogance, I did not hold out much hope but was compelled to turn the pages just to see how it ended. I seriously could not tear myself away…….I hope he continues to be a power of example……write another book please!!
A very good book! I loved the honesty of the author about how he took responsibility for what happened to him. Even though I knew the outcome before the end of the book, it kept me interested in what would happen next. I wished he would have gotten into a little more detail about his life after his ordeal. Also, there were so many transcription errors that at times it was hard to read. But it was still worth the effort.
Great book, but the spelling errors make it very difficult to read.