Mimi Zieman, a young medical student, joins a group of climbers as the doctor and the only woman in the group as they try a new route on the east face of Mt. Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen. As the weeks tick by and three of the climbers disappear for days, Mimi grapples with her feelings of inadequacy and anxieties about what she wants out of life.

As someone who has read many, many books on climbing Mt. Everest, I felt that this book explored something different. Instead of the POV of a climber, we get the POV of someone who is in charge of keeping the crew alive in the harshest of environments. While I felt that it took a while to get to the climb itself and then breezed through it quickly, I did feel that the writing was solid and the story was compelling.

Thank you, NetGalley, Globe Pequot, and Falcon Guides, for providing me with a free, electronic ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I want to first thank net galley for offering this book to read this is how I can't was able to read it.
So this book is about a young woman and her experiencing life in the mountains, in Colorado, tibet, Nepal and eventually Everest. Amid all this adventure she was also attending medical school.
She went to Everest as part of an expedition team as the team doctor. She took a leave from medical school to be on this team and had it approved. Her background is she's Jewish and She shared her experience growing up with her family and what they had experienced as Jewish people immigrants and livi ng in the United States. There were 2 things in this book that I love to read about one is other cultures and her jewish background and her experiences as a child and their beliefs and traditions were fascinating to learn about. The other aspect of this book is Mt Everest and I have read numerous books about Everest and it fascinates me that people put their lives on the line for an adventure and the things that they have to do and experience in being around that mountain. So I have read several books about Everest and I love them all. I love this book because of those 2 items, learning about her background and also experiencing what she experienced in tibet as a backpacker and as a single woman. While she was at Everest even though she didn't actually climb it she was close enough to experience and endure what her friends her climbers were enduring. The only criticism I would have for this book is that at times she interwove her background into what she was doing at the time, then she would go back to a story from her childhood but at times it was confusing because the two stories may or may not relate to each other. I am familiar with books where they go from past to present and back-and-forth but it's clear in those books, it's not clear in this one, it suddenly just throws the story in and sometimes it didn't really match with what was going on with her at the time so I thought that the mixing of the 2 past and present was confusing at times. But overall I thought this is a well written very interesting and fascinating book about a woman a young girl really just looking for adventure and eventually finding her voice and her self- worth.

A steady paced climb towards Everest… one step at a time. Fresh air, adventure, & new beginnings! Set goals, and reach for the stars or in this case for Everest!

"Tap Dancing on Everest" is Mimi Zieman's memoir, focusing on finding her place in the world as a Jewish doctor, framed through hiking expeditions in the Himalaya. As someone who's recently binged Everest nonfiction, this book seemed right up my alley. It was refreshing to see an Everest book told from a woman's perspective - the male perspective on climbing Everest has been told endlessly, and it was wonderful to see a different approach. The focus on Mimi's youth was unexpected but welcome. All told, this is an excellent book to pick up, whether you're a casual Everest fan or a lover of memoirs. Five stars.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for a review.

This is the story of what you can do if you push yourself beyond all of your self doubts and fears.
Starting in her childhood and working up through her degree in medicine, this memoir is delightful in that it is not simply about the summit.
It is full of hope - and absolute grit - and will stay with you long after you put the book down.

Thank you to Globe Pequot, Falcon Guides and NetGalley for sharing this ARC!

Confession: I am weirdly obsessive about learning all that I can on mountaineering, particularly on Everest, even though it is absolutely 100% something I will never, ever do (voluntarily, at least!). When I find books about this subject I snatch them up - there is something so fascinating about the risk and also reward that is found on mountaineering. This book is no exception! Tap Dancing on Everest is an incredible look into Mimi Zieman's experience not only as a woman navigating this treacherous journey but also in discovering a sense of self along the way.

Thanks to Globe Pequot, Falcon Guides for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own Tap Dancing on Everest by Mimi Zieman, MD. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Tap Dancing on Everest, is a memoir surrounding the climb of medical student Mimi. Strapped with her anxiety, feelings of inadequacies, and her strong Jewish heritage ie. grit. We see Mimi life through her eyes and how she gets to the point of trekking Mt. Everest with a rag tag group of people.

Mimi internal monologue is something we can all relate too, this compact story was a breeze to get through, something I couldn’t put down as I read through Mimi adventures— someone who felt that she was not the adventurous type turned out to be the most adventurous person!

Her monologues regarding her gender and how she fit in the group was something I related too, I felt that all women can understand the plight of being the only woman in the room and feeling alone.

I enjoyed this story, especially the fast pace in some parts, in other chapters I felt like the internal monologue tended to drag I think I was just too excited to get to the “good part”.

Overall I sincerely enjoyed the novel. And would recommend this to anyone who wants a short but meaningful read. #review #arc #books #bookstagram #book #booklover #reading #bookworm #bookstagrammer #read #bookish #booknerd #bookaddict #booksofinstagram #bibliophile #instabook #love #bookshelf #readersofinstagram #TapDancingonEverest #NetGalley