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Original Title:	Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival
ISBN:	0061766720 (ISBN13: 9780061766725)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee (2011)

Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival Hardcover | Pages: 272 pages

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Title	:	Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival
Author	:	Norman Ollestad
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	June 2nd 2009 by Ecco (first published 2009)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Adventure. Survival

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Ollestad, 41, was thrust into the world of surfing and competitive downhill skiing at a very young age by the father he idolized. Resentful of a childhood lost to his father’s reckless and demanding adventures, young Ollestad was often paralyzed by fear. Set in Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, the book captures the earthy surf culture of Southern California; the boy’s conflicted feelings for his magnetic father; and the exhilarating tests of skill in the surf and snow that prepared young Norman to become a fearless surfer and ski champion--which ultimately saved his life.

In February 1979, just as he was reaping the rewards of his training, a chartered Cessna carrying Norman, his father, his father’s girlfriend, and the pilot, crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California and was suspended at eight thousand feet, engulfed in a blizzard. Norman’s father, his coach and hero, was dead, and the 11-year old Ollestad had to descend the mountain alone and grief-stricken, through snow and ice, without any gear.

Stunningly, the boy defied the elements and put his father’s passionate lessons to work. As he told the LA Times after his ordeal, “My dad told me never to give up.”

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Obviously, if you read a memoir by a plane crash survivor theres no suspense as to whether or not he survived but what Ollestad does so well is alternate short, concisely written chapters about key moments in his life leading up to this with the scenario he is faced with on the mountain. He really gets inside the mentality that was needed to believe that he could survive and how this was instilled in him, often in ways that he wasnt so happy about at the time, by his dad who pushed him to excel

Obviously, if you read a memoir by a plane crash survivor theres no suspense as to whether or not he survived but what Ollestad does so well is alternate short, concisely written chapters about key moments in his life leading up to this with the scenario he is faced with on the mountain. He really gets inside the mentality that was needed to believe that he could survive and how this was instilled in him, often in ways that he wasnt so happy about at the time, by his dad who pushed him to excel

If I had to judge the author from this one book, I would say he is a man child who never actually grew up. Some of the experiences and moments he chose to include in this memoir have nothing to do with his main story (how his dad and their relationship gave him the keys to survive on an icy mountain alone). It reads more like the point of view of a 14 year old boy in the midst of puberty and the stories he tells to his buddies, which are likely half fact half fiction. It is hard to tell how much

Surprisingly worthwhile, and clearly not for everyone, this book grew on me, warts and all. First and foremost, an epic survivor's tale, it details a tragic father-son relationship in an other-wordly surfing culture (which I simply cannot relate to) with forays into skiing and travel (with which I'm far more familiar, but which bear no resemblance to any of my (far more mundane) experiences). The remarkable (and seemingly squandered) talent of both father and son pervade the yarn. I picked this

I admire Mr. Ollestad and I cannot imagine what he went through.I don't mean to diminish his story or the insights he gleans and shares with the reader in any way. If I were a surfing or skiing enthusiast, I'm sure I would appreciate the exhaustive attention to detail afforded those sports.I have been spoiled by reading the work of Jon Krakauer and Sebastian Junger. The chapter by chapter flashes back and forward are initially engaging but become tiresome rather quickly. Also, no matter how

I love survival stories and this one is an amazing true tale. 11 year old boy and his father are in a small plane that crashes high on a snow-covered mountain. The boy alone survives. This is the story of how his relationship with his free spirited, yet demanding father gave him the tools he needed to make it down the mountain. I was initially irritated by the alternating chapters (I just wanted to stay at the crash site), but as the book progressed I became more and more interested in the

Crazy For the Storm is a compelling memoir that reads just like a novel. The chapters alternate between his time on the mountain after the plane crash and his life leading up to that point. Norman Ollestad recounts his unusual upbringing and how he had to rely on his earlier experiences and lessons taught by his dad in order to survive on the mountain.I was astounded by the activities that Norman's father made him participate in at such a young age. He was surfing and downhill skiing at a very