While there is quite a bit of technical info, as Karis said, I never found it too much or that it slowed down the story. And I'm not typically interested in mountaineering at all. Krakauer's story is one of humanity and survival at its heart. Raghavendra Nandyala It is very difficult to bring bodies and involves too much risk because of the environment.
Descending carrying a weight with almost no air and…more It is very difficult to bring bodies and involves too much risk because of the environment. Descending carrying a weight with almost no air and obstructed vision is a big task.
Life got you down? Then join us on a guided expedition led by Capital Idiocy Inc. And in addition to our expertise and I recently attended the Banff mountain film festival in Canada. One of the key speakers was Simone Moro, the close friend of Anatoli Boukreev, the climber who was killed in an avalanche several years ago on Annapurna and whom Krakauer pretty much vilifies in this book as not having done enough to save the lives of those caught in the blizzard on Mount Everest in May of Needless to say, the vibe in the room was chilly whenever the subject of Krakauer's version of events came up; he was accu This is not a review.
So…These are a few things I learned from reading this book: 1. If a person decides to climb Everest, the Advance apologies - this might get rambly. Utterly harrowing and propulsive. I could not put this book down. This is another book that details people's misguided quests to conquer nature--to see nature as something to be conquered.
It's also another great cold-weather read, to make you realize that, really, it's not so cold out after all. This book suddenly became very relevant - no less than TEN climbers have died this week May on Everest. The reason for this horrible turn of events is given as inexperienced guides leading inexperienced climbers combined with the usual weather restrictions leading to these ghastly insane queueing situations : Yes, that's the top of the highest mountain in the world.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the biggest fan of non-fiction. I prefer to listen to podcasts or interviews, rather than read straight-up non-fiction about a certain topic. And as someone who isn't particularly interested in climbing or sports in general, this wouldn't be a book that I'd normally read. But I'm so glad that I did. It definitely reads more like a memoir, since the author was present for the events of the story.
That made it a much more palatable read for me, rather than a Into Thin Air or Injustice of many kinds on the Mountain. Until almost the end this book was exactly as I expected it to be with just one exception. It was the story of a journalist climbing Mount Everest both as a journalist and as a mountaineer. Ideal getting paid to do your hobby! It was interesting because Krakauer is a damn good writer and because its fascinating to see the details of how the mountain is climbed. Its also disappointing because few individuals do it by themselves, without a What a read to start !
I enjoyed the majority of this, and I'll admit I fell down a bit of a black hole when it came to the controversy behind Krakauer's perspective. Review will be up tomorrow! Several authors and editors I respect counseled me not to write the book as quickly as I did; they urged me to wait two or three years and put some distance between me and the expedition in order to gain some crucial perspective.
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