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Summary: Survival of the Fittest
Review: This is an entertaining story that deals with survival and single-mindedness at its core. Others have judgmentally focused on the fact that the author left his protagonist, and ultimately his climbing partner, behind to pursue his own limited chance for the summit. I see this as the crux of the book.When one is dehydrated, oxygen deprived, undernourished, frightened, and completely fatigued, one may become paranoid and reduced to a state that is completely selfish, being only concerned with their own goals and survival. Someone not in this depleted state is poorly qualified to judge the actions of someone who is. This fact is similarly true for the author. How quick he was to judge the actions of the Japanese climbers towards the Indian climbers until he found himself in a similar predicament with the Austrian climber. These comments are not intended to justify the actions of the author. They are simply made in recognition of the fact that a normal caring person, like you or me, could be systematically reduced to this primitive state of mind. In the end, stripped of everything else, nothing mattered except reaching the summit. Lucidly illustrating this point is the genius of this book
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Summary: This is trully a great story
Review: This wonderfull book brought tru enlitenment to my life
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