For This Mountaineer, Everest Was a Challenge and a Path to Peace

In her memoir, “In the Shadow of the Mountain,” Silvia Vasquez-Lavado recounts how she climbed Mount Everest and how she transcended a past of abuse and alcoholism.In her memoir, “In the Shadow of the Mountain,” Silvia Vasquez-Lavado recounts how she climbed Mount Everest and how she transcended a past of abuse and alcoholism.Read MoreBooks and Literature, In the Shadow of the Mountain (Book), Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia, Mountaineering, Mount Everest