This is the book that sparked my theory that anyone previously published in Outside can write a gripping narrative. Krakauer and Sebastian Junger come immediately to mind, but there have been lots of others.As for the book, I have no particular interest in mountain climbing, but Krakauer makes the ...
This is a riveting account of the Mt. Everest disaster back in the '80s. It provides a wealth of information about climbs of this type as well as the physical tolls on the climbers.The only reason I've rated it a 3 is because I question the motive of the author in writing the story. The fact that ...
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