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Summary: Superb!!!
Review: Very detail description of the journey to Mt Everest. Provide a good historical background on the craze to conquer Mt Everest. Story is never boring.
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Summary: A MUST read
Review: This is a wonderful book that reels you in and never lets go of your attention. It is wounderfully written and exciting.
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Summary: A good book... on a terrible and very fascinating subjet
Review: I am a french reader, and I have read the french version of this book. As an other customer told : since I have read it, I am fascinated by Everest and looking forward to go to the base camp. Only to the base Camp... Any way: thanks to Ron for having told us what happend and leading to the top.
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Summary: Riveting, Intense, and Painfully Dramatic
Review: Jon Krakauer is everything I strive to be in a writer. He is not wordy or pretentious. He made me feel as if I were a part of the expedition. A truly heart-felt novel. Thanks, Jon. Hornbein Forever. - C. Milton Davis
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Summary: Interesting at points but contains dull, uninteresting momen
Review: I had three reactions to this work. First, there are certain portions that read like a Hollywood blockbuster. Prime examples of this occur when we find out one member of Halls team is sleeping with another member, and Woodhall's lies and deceitful was with the South African team. The second reaction Ihad to this book was that he did not hide the fact that he was an editor for an outdoorsy type of magazine. Finally, I felt deeply for the people who went through that horrible ordeal, the author made every moment real.
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Summary: One that will stay with you...
Review: As I was reading this book, I kept wondering what drove these adventurers to attempt the feats described. But, even more amazing, was the incredible compassion and courage shown by many in the group when everything seemed lost. A stirring account of some truly remarkable individuals facing an insurmountable challenge. This one will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.
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Summary: Didactic yet gripping
Review: Just the facts. Krakauer was there and yet he sticks to a very fact oriented format. The true story is better than fiction and despite the dryness of the writing the tale is unbelievably gripping. I read it in one night and immediately went to buy his other books.
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Summary: Satisfactory
Review: I felt that Jon Krakauer did an adequate job in the book of relating the difficulty and sacrafice that one must undertake in order to climb Mt. Everest. The climbers were all aware of the risks involved and the writer should not be blamed for their tragic deaths.
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Summary: An excellent book, but it doesn't answer all the questions
Review: I was captivated from the beginning of this story, which Krakauer lays out nicely. It has the page-turning effect of a fictional story, but sadly this really happened. And after reading it the question remains: WHY did this happen ?We'll never know all the details of what transpired that fateful day, but one thing is for certain - great climbers do not necessarily make great guides. Both Rob Hall and Scott Fischer made serious mistakes, and Anatoli Boukreev(who's book The Climb I just finished) didn't seem to understand the guide/leader concept. To say the least, it was unfortunate. The book does highlight how much of an individual sport climbing is, but it doesn't explain why these peple would leave their families for months, travel across the globe and risk their lives for no explainable reason. I have a respect for the athletic ability required to accomplish such a feat, but I also now know how selfish and ego-inflating the sport of climbing is(if you do! n't agree, think about Fischer's two young daughters, or Hall's pregant wife talking to her husband as he froze to death on Everest). Krakauer should be commended for being able to put together a book about an experience that was obviously painful for him. And I for one am thankful that he was able to survive and tell this tale, instead of ending up like the poor soul's whose frozen bodies will remain on Everest forever.
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Summary: Moving, personal account that takes you to Everest and back
Review: I actually listened to this on Audiotape, and then went back and bought the book. This book is fascinating. I think for most of us, we think of climbing Everest, if at all, as just a lot of steep climbing. Krakauer does a good job of taking you through each difficulty faced, and what it is like to be there, and how it is difficult to remember things for a book like this even if you HAVE been there. I found myself shivering from the cold, and touched with warmth from the most touching moments in the book. Just like a good writer should.
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