Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
by:
Jon Krakauer (author)
In this collection, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's notorious Devil's Thumb.
In this collection, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's notorious Devil's Thumb.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781599216102 (1599216108)
Publish date: February 10th 2009
Publisher: Lyons Press
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Writing,
Essays,
Environment,
Nature,
Short Stories,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Mountaineering,
Outdoors,
Climbing
Before the recognition he received for Into the Wild and Into the Mist, Jon Krakauer was a serious outdoors type, writing about other serious outdoors types. In this collection of essays, Krakauer relates several stories of his personal adventures, one about a youthful, and maybe foolish venture to ...
I haven't climbed any mountains. I have hiked the Grand Canyon, but that was climbing down, not up. I don't like heights. In fact, one time, my family and I went up some mountain on one of those cable car things. My hands were sweating so badly that the cover of the book I was reading came off t...
Now why would someone who generally hates cold weather and snow become so intrigued by books and videos about mountaineering? I was fooling around with my IPODs (have one of each generation being an addict to electronic devices) that plays video and just for laughs downloaded The Discovery Channel's...
In a general sort of way I have no interest in mountaineering. But some writers are so strong, it doesn't really matter what they're reporting on, it's going to be an absorbing read. this is my least favorite of Krakauer's books, and I still like it a lot.
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