It was important to remain calm and assess the situation. Remember the instructions: find or build shelter, stay put, establish contact with other expedition members, move, and not give in to despair. Robert Wright is a veteran of Antarctic exploration.

He was on the ice floe that night when disaster befell him and his comrades. After suffering partial frostbite and a stroke, he has to relearn how to live—to speak and move. His wife, Anna, shoulders the burden of long-term rehabilitation.

'Stumble, Fall, Get Up' is about everyday heroism, love, patience, and self-sacrifice. It is about a person's desire to share their experiences with the world at a time when words so inopportunely fail them. The book was included in the list of the best books of 2021 according to Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly.