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Summary: STARRED REVIEW from Publishers Weekly
Review: "Although Dickinson's work follows in the tracks of Jon Krakauer's 'Into Thin Air' and Anatoli Boukreev's 'The Climb', it is anything but a "me too" book about climbing Mt. Everest during the spring of 1996 when a storm killed eight climbers. Dickinson has his own story to tell, and he tells it very well.... his descriptions of climbing are careful and informative, taking nothing for granted. His forceful narrative makes a worthy addition to the growing Everest library." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, 4/12
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Summary: GREAT REVIEWS FOR MATT DICKINSON's EVEREST
Review: "Although Dickinson's work follows in the tracks of Jon Krakauer's INTO THIN AIR and Anatoli Boukreev's THE CLIMB, it is anything but a 'me too' book about climbing Mt. Everest during the spring of 1996 ... Dickinson has his own story to tell, and he tells it very well.... [H]is descriptions of climbing are careful and informative, taking nothing for granted. His forceful narrative makes a worthy addition to the growing Everest library." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review!)"Dickinson's book reads like a thriller, pacy and exciting, giving a good flavour of the sublime misery of climbing at extreme altitude. It is a real page-turner ... fresh and vivid." --Guardian "Gripping." --The Sunday Times (London) "[His] excitement at being there is infectious." --Times Literary Supplement "This is a gripping account of filming--and surviving--in the death zone." --Mail on Sunday
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Summary: Good but no Thin Air
Review: After reading Krakauer's Into Thin Air I was eager to read about the struggle on the north side of the mountain. Dickinson's most successful in giving a layman's view of what must have been an astounding climb and I was fascinated that he was able to summit the mountain with little experience under his belt. However, I found reading the section describing the peril on the southside of the mountain (i.e., that detailed in Into Thin Air) made me eager to pick that book up again.
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Summary: Excellent reading.
Review: At last someone who is willing to give Anotoli Boukreev the credit he deserves. This is an excellently written narrative. Y ou don't find the chest thumping here that was found in "Into Thin Air". Instread Dickinson recognizes Krakauer and Boukreev for what they really were, a writer and a hero. Good reading and I agree it will become one of the classics.
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Summary: Good, but no Into Thin Air
Review: Compared to Into Thin Air this book is disapointing. Compared to The Climb this book is a little better. There's just no passion comming through from the Author. There was also much to much time and space devoted to the author and his relationship with his wife. I read adventure books(real or fiction) for adventure. I could care less about someones marital problems when reading a book about Mt Everest. The author also falls short in his discription of the actual climb as it related to his position on the mountian. I kept refering back to the map (within the book) to try to figure out where they were at any given time. In Into Thin Air you new just where old John was on the mountain most of the time. As Everest books go this one was not bad, but I don't think I will reread it as I did with Into Thin Air.
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Summary: Stark and Selfish
Review: Dickinson's style is stark, readable and journalistic. He does an excellent job of putting you on the mountain with him. Unfortunately, once you get there you realize he is not the fellow you want to be with. First he leaves his wife, kids, and troubled marriage to go on the trip. Then, he leaves his friend and guide behind in order to reach the summit, yet depends on the same man to save his life on the descent. Good book. But find a different climbing partner.
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Summary: A fine adventure tale
Review: For anyone who has been to the Himalayas, the descriptions of the conditions ring true. It is a very harsh, inhospitable environment, and even trekkers up to Everest base camp sense that feeling quickly along with marvelling at the awesome scenery. The misery of trying to function in the face of the debilitating effects of altitude and weather are a reality that Everest climbers have to deal with routinely. Dickinson gives the reader a good feel for these conditions as well as the impact of the technical aspects of the route on a relatively inexperienced mountaineer. It was a little depressing to read of a storied route up the mountain with abandoned camps and debris not to mention corpses. The story also points out the pure survival nature of operating in The Death Zone and the fine line between making it back and disaster. At the same time, it reinforces the admiration and respect for the early Everesters who accomplished so much with the crudest of equipment not to mention the work of the Sherpas who are the real unsung heroes of these accounts.
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Summary: Honest profile of a Death Zone encounter!
Review: I am a firm follower of Jon Krakauer and his work and believe he has captured the truest account of the 1996 disaster on Everest. Anatoli Bookreev's book was about saving face yet an honest story from HIS perspective. Obviously it was full of flaws. David Brashears was also a stunning storyteller and now Matt Dickinson's book once again takes the reader to the bone chilling slopes of Everest. I believe he was good to tell more of his personal life to give us a peek into who he is and therefore I don't think he erred by delving into his married life. We have to reflect on what makes him tick and we know he is a driven young man. "The Other Side of Everest" starts out wishy washy at times, specifically the "mission of a filmmaker to tell the story and come into people's homes." I am a professional photographer and I had to chuckle at his mission statement. But he soon draws you into the expedition and it's all downhill, so to speak, from there. I felt as one often does in this kind of book, like I know the writer and those around him. Matt does an admirable job in his first book. He is to be applauded for his courage and talents as he is an unknown in a competitive world of climbing. Now he is a visible icon and will hopefully endure the exposure he found on The Other Side of Everest!
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Summary: Excellent! Excellent!
Review: I didn't think I would find a book to top "Into Thin Air" and one that would take a different view of the 1996 tragedy. I could NOT put this book down. I made it last a week and didn't want it to end. Dickinson really achieves putting the reader into the story. I live under the High Sierra and have summited Mt.Whitney in Calif. Driving by that mountain that seems to shoot straight up into the sky, I remembered Dickinson's description of the Himalaya valley floors that were at 18,000 feet. I imagined the towering 14,000 foot peaks of the Sierra buried under 4,000 feet of dirt and that would be only the valley FlOOR of the Himalays with 11,000 feet to go to the summit of Everest. THEN I could visualize the unbelievable height of this mountain. THEN I could realize the effort it takes (and what it takes OUT of someone) to get to the summit.
Dickinson's writing is funny, tragic and extremely descriptive of the area, the people and the hard-to-imagine-summit he finally made. I know his wife would like him to stay home, but I hope he makes another trip to the Himalayas and writes another book!
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Summary: Excellent! Excellent!
Review: I didn't think I would find a book to top "Into Thin Air" and one that would take a different view of the 1996 tragedy. I could NOT put this book down. I made it last a week and didn't want it to end. Dickinson really achieves putting the reader into the story. I live under the High Sierra and have summited Mt.Whitney in Calif. Driving by that mountain that seems to shoot straight up into the sky, I remembered Dickinson's description of the Himalaya valley floors that were at 18,000 feet. I imagined the towering 14,000 foot peaks of the Sierra buried under 4,000 feet of dirt and that would be only the valley FlOOR of the Himalays with 11,000 feet to go to the summit of Everest. THEN I could visualize the unbelievable height of this mountain. THEN I could realize the effort it takes (and what it takes OUT of someone) to get to the summit.
Dickinson's writing is funny, tragic and extremely descriptive of the area, the people and the hard-to-imagine-summit he finally made. I know his wife would like him to stay home, but I hope he makes another trip to the Himalayas and writes another book!
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