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Johnny Monsarrat Publishes "Blind in 90 Minutes" on Being Trapped on a Mountain at Night
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(1888PressRelease) Johnny Monsarrat, founder and first CEO of Turbine, Inc., publishes his intriguing story of survival in below freezing weather.
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JohnnyMonsarratPublishes"Blindin90Minutes"onBeingTrappedonaMountainat
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(1888PressRelease)JohnnyMonsarrat,founderandfirstCEOofTurbine,Inc.,publisheshisintriguingstoryof
survivalinbelowfreezingweather.
Boston,MANHJohnnyMonsarrathadnoflashlight,noshelter,andnocellphone,andhadtosurvivebelow
freezingweather.Thesunhavingset,hehad90minutesbeforeabsolutedarknesswouldleavehimblind.The
storyoftheDotComentrepreneur,whosevideogamescompanyTurbineInc.wasacquiredbyWarnerBrothers
for$160M,hasbeenreleasedontheInternetasaprefacetohisforthcomingbook,Soulburners.
JohnnyMonsarratwasquicktowarnagainstthesituationthatlandedhiminonamountainafterdark."No
oneshouldeverdowhatIdid,"hesaid."Iwaspreparedforadaytrek,andthoughtIhadplentyoftime
becauseofmoonlight,butwhencloudsdescended,IrealizedIwaswrong."Monsarratdidnothaveacell
phonebecausehewastravelinginEuropeandhisAmericanphonewouldnothaveworkedthere.Beingwell
abovethetreeline,hehadnoshelterfromtheicywind.
"WhatIdidhave,"JohnnyMonsarratcontinued,"was90minutes.WhenIfinallyreachedthemountainpeak
andrealizedhowmuchtroubleIwasin,thesunhadjustset.SowhatIdidinthosenextfewminuteswhileI
couldseewouldmakethedifferencetowhetherIsurvivednightonthemountain."
JohnnyMonsarratpublishedthestoryonlineratherthanincludeitinhisbookasateaser.Theforthcoming
book"Soulburners"isthestoryofhissettingfiveworldrecordsthroughacommunityartproject.Init,hetells
afollowonstoryto"Blindin90Minutes"called"DeepSnow",inwhich,adecadelater,hewasagaintrapped
onamountainatnight,thistimewithhisgirlfriendandindeepsnow."That'sthebiggerstorythat'Blindin
90Minutes'leadsto,"JohnnyMonsarratsaid.Readerswhoenjoyhisprefacewillbeeagerlyawaitingthe
book.
AboutJohnnyMonsarrat
JohnnyMonsarratisanMITalumnusbestknownasthefounderandfirstCEOofTurbine,Inc.,the
videogamescompanythatcreatedgameslikeLordoftheRingsOnlineandDungeonsandDragonsOnline.In
2009,heranacommunityprojectcalledWheelQuestionswhereheansweredlifequestionsbywritingon
colorcards,settingfiverecordsforhandwrittenandvideorecordedadvicegiving.Thememoirhehaswritten
onthisproject,Soulburners,containsflashbacksfromhisentirelife.FindJohnnyMonsarrat,"Blindin90
Minutes",andmoreinformationaboutthebookathttp://monsarrat.org/.
Foradditionalinformation,contact:
RicklandPowell
HardDataFactory
7OakAvenue
Belmont,MA02478
6175104477
rickland(@)harddatafactorydotcom
http://www.harddatafactory.com
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(1888PressRelease)JohnnyMonsarrat,founderandfirstCEOofTurbine,Inc.,publisheshisintriguingstoryof
survivalinbelowfreezingweather.
Boston,MANHJohnnyMonsarrathadnoflashlight,noshelter,andnocellphone,andhadtosurvivebelow
freezingweather.Thesunhavingset,hehad90minutesbeforeabsolutedarknesswouldleavehimblind.The
storyoftheDotComentrepreneur,whosevideogamescompanyTurbineInc.wasacquiredbyWarnerBrothers
for$160M,hasbeenreleasedontheInternetasaprefacetohisforthcomingbook,Soulburners.
JohnnyMonsarratwasquicktowarnagainstthesituationthatlandedhiminonamountainafterdark."No
oneshouldeverdowhatIdid,"hesaid."Iwaspreparedforadaytrek,andthoughtIhadplentyoftime
becauseofmoonlight,butwhencloudsdescended,IrealizedIwaswrong."Monsarratdidnothaveacell
phonebecausehewastravelinginEuropeandhisAmericanphonewouldnothaveworkedthere.Beingwell
abovethetreeline,hehadnoshelterfromtheicywind.
"WhatIdidhave,"JohnnyMonsarratcontinued,"was90minutes.WhenIfinallyreachedthemountainpeak
andrealizedhowmuchtroubleIwasin,thesunhadjustset.SowhatIdidinthosenextfewminuteswhileI
couldseewouldmakethedifferencetowhetherIsurvivednightonthemountain."
JohnnyMonsarratpublishedthestoryonlineratherthanincludeitinhisbookasateaser.Theforthcoming
book"Soulburners"isthestoryofhissettingfiveworldrecordsthroughacommunityartproject.Init,hetells
afollowonstoryto"Blindin90Minutes"called"DeepSnow",inwhich,adecadelater,hewasagaintrapped
onamountainatnight,thistimewithhisgirlfriendandindeepsnow."That'sthebiggerstorythat'Blindin
90Minutes'leadsto,"JohnnyMonsarratsaid.Readerswhoenjoyhisprefacewillbeeagerlyawaitingthe
book.
AboutJohnnyMonsarrat
JohnnyMonsarratisanMITalumnusbestknownasthefounderandfirstCEOofTurbine,Inc.,the
videogamescompanythatcreatedgameslikeLordoftheRingsOnlineandDungeonsandDragonsOnline.In
2009,heranacommunityprojectcalledWheelQuestionswhereheansweredlifequestionsbywritingon
colorcards,settingfiverecordsforhandwrittenandvideorecordedadvicegiving.Thememoirhehaswritten
onthisproject,Soulburners,containsflashbacksfromhisentirelife.FindJohnnyMonsarrat,"Blindin90
Minutes",andmoreinformationaboutthebookathttp://monsarrat.org/.
Foradditionalinformation,contact:
RicklandPowell
HardDataFactory
7OakAvenue
Belmont,MA02478
6175104477
rickland(@)harddatafactorydotcom
http://www.harddatafactory.com
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