One More Step: My Story Of Living With Cerebral Palsy, Climbing Kilimanjaro, And Surviving The Hardest Race On Earth

In 2008, Bonner Paddock summited 19,341-foot-high Mount Kilimanjaro.

Four years later, he earned the elite triathlete title Kona Ironman.

He is the first person with cerebral palsy to do both.

Bonner Paddock grew up wanting to be ordinary. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age eleven, he guarded the truth about his health, building a normal life and keeping his secret from everyone-most of all himself-for the next eighteen years, until a tragedy-the sudden death of a friend’s young son-transformed him, spurred him to pursue a series of breathtaking experiences.

Paddock’s remarkable journey took him across the globe and introduced him to a compelling cast of characters-from Tanzanian mountain guides to top-class surgeons, to disabled children, to champion athletes-all of whom inspired his quest. Infused with his irresistible charisma, courage, and heart, and illustrated with sixteen pages of color photos, One More Step is a gripping story of human perseverance that demonstrates how our lives are not defined by limits, but by the moments and lessons that push us past them.