Welcome to Back to the Summit
By · CommentsHELLO. MY NAME IS OMER RAINS AND I AM THE AUTHOR OF “BACK TO THE SUMMIT.” I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO VISIT AND EXPLORE THE “BACK TO THE SUMMIT” WEBSITE. SOME OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT ABOUT THE BOOK AND ITS STRUCTURE. HOWEVER, OTHER PARTS, INCLUDING THE MULTI-MEDIA AND VIDEO SPOTS, CONTAIN CONTENT THAT COULD NOT BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE BOOK ITSELF.
IN ANY EVENT, I THINK YOU WILL FIND THE WEBSITE INTERESTING BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL FIND THE BOOK INSPIRATIONAL. MY LIFE, WITH PEAKS THAT HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HIGH AND VALLEYS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY LOW, HAS BEEN A CASCADE OF CHALLENGES. “BACK TO THE SUMMIT” CHRONICLES HOW ONE AFTER ANOTHER THESE CHALLENGES WERE OVERCOME, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE GREATEST CHALLENGE OF ALL – BEING STRUCK DOWN IN THE PRIME OF LIFE BY A LIFE THREATENING BRAIN ANEURYSM AND HEMORRHAGIC STROKE THAT LEFT ME IN A PARALYTIC STATE. YET TODAY MY LIFE IS DEDICATED TO HELPING THE IMPOVERISHED AND DISPOSSESSED GAIN LITERACY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, WHETHER IT BE HIGH IN THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS OR IN THE LOWLANDS OF SOUTH ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA.
FINALLY, IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY. THAT CAN BE DONE BY NAVIGATING TO THE CONTACT SECTION FOUND ON THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU.
Excerpt From The Chapter “From Chaos To Order”
By · Comments“By God, Oboudi is right—life is chaos,” I thought. I could do the same thing over and over again but that was not going to help me a whole hell of a lot. I needed a body that once again could respond to uncertainty—a body that could handle not knowing what was coming next.
So Oboudi and I worked from nine to five each day that week, and with each and every task that we did, I would be forced to progress from certainty to chaos. That was life after all: messy, untidy, and uncertain. Although I had always known that, Oboudi’s emphasis on it as an integral part of my therapy had a pronounced effect on everything I was thereafter to do during my road to recovery.
Without question, therein would lie one of the secrets to any long-term recovery I might make from my brain aneurysm and stroke. I had to train for chaos. I would have to push past every comfort zone and expose my body to uncertainty in order to trigger my muscle memory and rebuild my physical capacity. Before I could succeed, I had to face extreme vulnerability even if at the risk of falling and suffering further injury.