Part One- Ruchira Gupta, author of a novel for young readers titled 'The Freedom Seeker,' which tells the story of a courageous young girl making her way to a new home in a new country. Part Two- (from the archives) Francis Slakey, author of "To the Last Breath: A Memoir of Going to Extremes." Slakey sought to climb the tallest mountains on every continent on Earth.