Johnny Monsarrat Publishes "Blind in 90 Minutes" on Being Trapped on a Mountain at Night

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Johnny Monsarrat Publishes "Blind in 90 Minutes"
on Being Trapped on a Mountain at Night
(1888PressRelease) Johnny Monsarrat, founder and
first CEO of Turbine, Inc., publishes his
intriguing story of survival in below freezing
weather. Boston, MA-NH - Johnny Monsarrat had no
flashlight, no shelter, and no cell phone, and
had to survive below freezing weather. The sun
having set, he had 90 minutes before absolute
darkness would leave him blind. The story of the
DotCom entrepreneur, whose videogames company
Turbine Inc. was acquired by Warner Brothers for
160M, has been released on the Internet as a
preface to his forthcoming book,
Soulburners. Johnny Monsarrat was quick to warn
against the situation that landed him in on a
mountain after dark. "No one should ever do what
I did," he said. "I was prepared for a day trek,
and thought I had plenty of time because of
moonlight, but when clouds descended, I realized
I was wrong." Monsarrat did not have a cell phone
because he was traveling in Europe and his
American phone would not have worked there. Being
well above the treeline, he had no shelter from
the icy wind. "What I did have," Johnny Monsarrat
continued, "was 90 minutes. When I finally
reached the mountain peak and realized how much
trouble I was in, the sun had just set. So what I
did in those next few minutes while I could see
would make the difference to whether I survived
night on the mountain. Johnny Monsarrat published
the story online rather than include it in his
book as a teaser. The forthcoming book
"Soulburners" is the story of his setting five
world records through a community art project. In
it, he tells a follow-on story to "Blind in 90
Minutes" called "Deep Snow", in which, a decade
later, he was again trapped on a mountain at
night, this time with his girlfriend and in deep
snow.
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"That's the bigger story that 'Blind in 90
Minutes' leads to," Johnny Monsarrat said.
Readers who enjoy his preface will be eagerly
awaiting the book. About Johnny Monsarrat Johnny
Monsarrat is an MIT alumnus best known as the
founder and first CEO of Turbine, Inc., the
videogames company that created games like Lord
of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons
Online. In 2009, he ran a community project
called Wheel Questions where he answered life
questions by writing on color cards, setting five
records for handwritten and video recorded
advice-giving. The memoir he has written on this
project, Soulburners, contains flashbacks from
his entire life. Find Johnny Monsarrat, "Blind in
90 Minutes", and more information about the book
at http//monsarrat.org/. For additional
information, contact Rickland Powell Hard Data
Factory 7 Oak Avenue Belmont, MA
02478 617-510-4477 rickland ( _at_ )
harddatafactory dot com http//www.harddatafactory
.com http//monsarrat.org/