NEW YORK, NY, USA, October 25, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Lou Kasischke, author and Everest survivor, is donating 2,500 paperback copies of his award-winning book, "After the Wind," to Operation Gratitude, an operation that sends supplies and gifts to U.S. military personnel overseas. Over one million packages have been sent since their inception.

As an account of the fateful 1996 Everest expedition that inspired bestsellers and a movie, this is a great book for all fans of adventure and the outdoors. "After the Wind" has won numerous awards and been chosen as a reading group favorite due to the author’s meticulous and dramatic account of overcoming extreme challenges.

Lou Kasischke, consultant to the blockbuster film "Everest," says: "'After the Wind' tells the Everest story that 'Into Thin Air' didn’t tell. My book has a materially different focus of what went wrong. The two books actually highlight a fascinating question: How can people in the same situation experience it so differently?"

Operation Gratitude will receive the shipment of 2,500 books this month, and begin to include them in boxes going overseas over the course of the next few months. Military personnel who are fans of extreme sports or books about true-life adventure will find "After the Wind" both a riveting and very enjoyable book.

More about the book can be seen at www.AfterTheWind.com

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