Rating: 
Summary: A MUST READ!
Review: This is a three-dimenionsional, funny, enlightening, well written page-turner about fascinating, enigmatic people and a mountain that is even more mercurial than Everest. This book is way more informative than many of the other climbing books that are thoughtlessly being churned out to cash in on the ongoing spate of interest in climbing disasters.
Rating: 
Summary: A classic, brutal, tragic look at the era.
Review: This is the book that got me hooked on mountaineering. Long, detailed, a bit depressing. A must for the historian.
Rating:
Summary: Well written, tragic and humourous
Review: Written in a distinctly British style, this books lacks the captivating excitement of most of the other extreme climbing stories. Worse yet, the author didn't make the climb! If you enjoy speculation, guessing, and backfitting, you might like this book. If you want "edge of the seat" excitement, pass this one by.
Rating: 
Summary: Easy to put down.
Review: Written in a distinctly British style, this books lacks the captivating excitement of most of the other extreme climbing stories. Worse yet, the author didn't make the climb! If you enjoy speculation, guessing, and backfitting, you might like this book. If you want "edge of the seat" excitement, pass this one by.
Rating:
Summary: It's No Into Thin Air
Review: You are probably interested in this book because you read "Into Thin Air" and are looking for a book of a similar nature. At least that describes how I discovered this book. Unfortunately, I found this book nowhere nearly as engaging as I did "Into Thin Air," and therefore I would not recommend it.
|
