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Eiger Dreams - Ventures Among Men And Mountains (Paperback)
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Eiger Dreams - Ventures Among Men And Mountains (Paperback)
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No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and
victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon
Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines
as Outside and Smithsonian, he explores the subject from the unique
and memorable perspective of one who has battled peaks like K2,
Denali, Everest, and, of course, the Eiger. Always with a keen eye,
an open heart, and a hunger for the ultimate experience, he gives
us unerring portraits of the mountaineering experience. Yet Eiger
Dreams is more about people than about rock and ice-people with
that odd, sometimes maniacal obsession with mountain summits that
sets them apart from other men and women. Here we meet Adrian the
Romanian, determined to be the first of his countrymen to solo
Denali; John Gill, climber not of great mountains but of
house-sized boulders so difficult to surmount that even demanding
alpine climbs seem easy; and many more compelling and colorful
characters. In the most intimate piece, "The Devils Thumb,"
Krakauer recounts his own near-fatal, ultimately triumphant
struggle with solo-madness as he scales Alaska's Devils Thumb.
Eiger Dreams is stirring, vivid writing about one of the most
compelling and dangerous of all human pursuits.
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