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Summary: Awesome, Dramatic, Emotional. One of the best in its class!
Review: This is simply one of the best adventure/mountaineering book that I have ever read. Joe Simpson puts his guts and dramatic will to survive on the page for us. A great work! I was priveliged to be able to read it. 5 stars, 5 stars, 5 stars !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: THE book to have in your climbing library...
Review: Don't listen to reviews by non-climbers, and don't fall into the trap of comparing it to "Into Thin Air". This account is unique and should figure prominently in your climbing library.
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Summary: Brillant, must read.
Review: This book is a brillant read and while short could thrill any 'armchair' or real adventurer! Do not expect a smooth ride as the tale is gripping and the prose cut straight to the point. I recomend this to your all.
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Summary: A decent story
Review: A very "harrowing" tale, but I have to agree with other reviewers that something in the writing was missing that made this just an average climbing book. The first half kept me interested, but the second tended to lose my interest. You're really not sure what happens to the characters afterwards and how it affects their lives, but I guess that's it the sequel, "The Game of Ghosts." I recommend "Into Thin Air" as a better told climbing story.
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Summary: If you had only one climbing book to read this would be it.
Review: This is the most amazing story I have ever read. I have climbed for twenty years and have read many many climbing books. Nothing quite reached into me as this did. I wanted to grab Joe myself and put him out of his misery. That he is alive is difficult to comprehend. It is on par with how Beck Wethers managed to come back from the dead. Either event lives outside of the reality that we all touch. Remarkable.
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Summary: In the top rank of mountaineering literature
Review: Simpson's description of the expedition, his accident and subsequent struggle for survival goes well beyond conventional tales of derring-do. It explores the agonizing moral choices faced by him and his companion, the nature of friendship, and of his motivations. And the image of someone in a sleeping bag 'thrashing around like an enraged chysalis' is worth the cover price alone.
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Summary: Just an average story
Review: I bought and read this book as a result of the comments posted on this page. The book is a quick read and I finished it in one day. However, this is not a five star book. Simpson went through a very terrifying experience and the situations he overcame were remarkable. Yet, his prose is not very eloquent. The story seems to meander all over the place and I never felt myself being drawn in. All in all, it was a pleasant read and an exciting story but not worthy of 5 stars, meaning that it was one of the best books I have ever read. For an exciting adventure that makes this story look tame, try reading Shackeltons Incredible Voyage (something like that)
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Summary: riveting reading
Review: anyone contemplating alpine climbing should read this book,as it gives the reader an insight into what it takes to get yourself out of trouble.
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Summary: The best climbing epic book I've read.
Review: Having been a avid climber since my teenage years, I've collected and read countless books on climbing. This ranks easily in my top 10. An incredible story of one man's survival in the jaws of certain death. His ordeal is truly the epic of epics.
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Summary: A fine book by a living ghost
Review: Incredible, how do you survive an encounter with death like that? The book itself is well written and gripped me all the way through. I don't think I even put it down once. Cover to cover in my first reading. Not only is Joe Simpson one of the luckiest men alive but he can write too.
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