"More than a stunning debut. It is the announcement of a bold new literary voice"
—Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower

When I was a child, my dad always heard the songs of “The Beatles”. I always liked. As I grew older, my dad told me about the way he died, I was shocked. A fan killed you! That I will never forget, was regrettable. Years passed and my younger brother began to see a movie called Peabody and Sherman, was in that movie I was hear the song you dedicate to your son Sean, I cannot imagine how it must have felt your child at the moment he learn that you were dead. Well, I just want to say that I am, even though you’re dead, a big fan of yours .

I know I tell you this pretty much every day (and since you’re a part of the All, you probably know already), but I’ll leave it here so I’ll always have somewhere I can read it: I know we never met, but I’ll always feel that in another place, another time, we were thick as thieves. I know the anger, the bitterness. I have it too. I’m not so ready to forgive though. I’m glad you were able to before the river took you away from us. We grew up in the same place, traveling like gypsies, our mammas toting us like luggage, meaning well, but making our lives like houses made of sand. I miss you so much my heart feels like it’s being squeezed by invisible hands that don’t know their own strength, like a piece of me is missing. A home I can never go back to. I wish I’d been a little older than 12-15. I wish we could sing & dance together, to talk about everything & nothing for hours. To start a conversation all silly, then get all intense out of nowhere until one of us says something silly or stupid to ... Read more

Growing up my dad always played your music. You are one of his favorite musicians. You are actually one of my favorite musicians. Your music has depth, something not a lot of music these days have. I love your music not only because of the words, but for the beats as well. Every aspect of your music has meaning. I love the way your music has been immortalized, You made a really big impression on this earth. You were my childhood, so your music left a big impression on me, and the music I listen to now. I just wanted to write you and say thank you for being such a big part of my childhood. I hope you’re in NIRVANA. See what I did there? Anyways, Thank you for even making the decision to make music when you did.

Growing up my dad always played your music. You are one of his favorite musicians. You are actually one of my favorite musicians. Your music has depth, something not a lot of music these days have. I love your music not only because of the words, but for the beats as well. Every aspect of your music has meaning. I love the way your music has been immortalized, You made a really big impression on this earth. You were my childhood, so your music left a big impression on me, and the music I listen to now. I just wanted to write you and say thank you for being such a big part of my childhood. I hope you’re in NIRVANA. See what I did there? Anyways, Thank you for even making the decision to make music when you did.

Growing up my dad always played your music. You are one of his favorite musicians. You are actually one of my favorite musicians. Your music has depth, something not a lot of music these days have. I love your music not only because of the words, but for the beats as well. Every aspect of your music has meaning. I love the way your music has been immortalized, You made a really big impression on this earth. You were my childhood, so your music left a big impression on me, and the music I listen to now. I just wanted to write you and say thank you for being such a big part of my childhood. I hope you’re in NIRVANA. See what I did there? Anyways, Thank you for even making the decision to make music when you did.

Growing up my dad always played your music. You are one of his favorite musicians. You are actually one of my favorite musicians. Your music has depth, something not a lot of music these days have. I love your music not only because of the words, but for the beats as well. Every aspect of your music has meaning. I love the way your music has been immortalized, You made a really big impression on this earth. You were my childhood, so your music left a big impression on me, and the music I listen to now. I just wanted to write you and say thank you for being such a big part of my childhood. I hope you’re in NIRVANA. See what I did there? Anyways, Thank you for even making the decision to make music when you did.

Growing up my dad always played your music. You are one of his favorite musicians. You are actually one of my favorite musicians. Your music has depth, something not a lot of music these days have. I love your music not only because of the words, but for the beats as well. Every aspect of your music has meaning. I love the way your music has been immortalized, You made a really big impression on this earth. You were my childhood, so your music left a big impression on me, and the music I listen to now. I just wanted to write you and say thank you for being such a big part of my childhood. I hope you’re in NIRVANA. See what I did there? Anyways, Thank you for even making the decision to make music when you did.

Growing up my dad always played your music. You are one of his favorite musicians. You are actually one of my favorite musicians. Your music has depth, something not a lot of music these days have. I love your music not only because of the words, but for the beats as well. Every aspect of your music has meaning. I love the way your music has been immortalized, You made a really big impression on this earth. You were my childhood, so your music left a big impression on me, and the music I listen to now. I just wanted to write you and say thank you for being such a big part of my childhood. I hope you’re in NIRVANA. See what I did there? Anyways, Thank you for even making the decision to make music when you did.

Growing up my dad always played your music. You are one of his favorite musicians. You are actually one of my favorite musicians. Your music has depth, something not a lot of music these days have. I love your music not only because of the words, but for the beats as well. Every aspect of your music has meaning. I love the way your music has been immortalized, You made a really big impression on this earth. You were my childhood, so your music left a big impression on me, and the music I listen to now. I just wanted to write you and say thank you for being such a big part of my childhood. I hope you’re in NIRVANA. See what I did there? Anyways, Thank you for even making the decision to make music when you did.

You had climbed Mount Everest five times before succumbing to the mountain’s will in April of 1996. Leaving behind a wife and a daughter. Sometimes I wonder, when you were dying, did you ever think about what your daughter would be like? Did you feel guilty for having summited and trying to save Doug Hansen and not being able to go back to your life like you were supposed to? Were you angry that you had to die the way you did? Scared because you knew you couldn’t be rescued? Or, were you happy that you actually died doing what you loved, even if it was in the most undesirable way possible? I think you felt all those emotions at once. Guilt, anger, fear, love, joy, and most of all, peace. Guilt for not being able to complete your job as a guide and protecting the people who summited; even though both you and your team knew the risks. Guilt for not being able to go back home to your wife and unborn child. For not being able to see all the things your daughter would accomplish; not seeing her be born, leaving her fatherless, not seeing her take her first ... Read more