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Title: Seven Summits by Dick Bass, Frank Wells, Rick Ridgeway ISBN: 0446385166 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: November, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.97
Rating: 3
Summary: Pretty good personal achievement book
Comment: I too read "Into Thin Air" and then read this book. "Seven Summits" is more about the personal achievements and personal dreams of Bass and Wells than about the details of the Everest climb of "Into Thin Air". Even though Bass and Wells were rich guys, they did give up a couple of years of their lives while their personal business futures were far from certain. In other words, I don't think Bass and Wells were a couple of spoiled boys by any means. But they did have the guts (and financial means) to leave their families and risk their lives for a once-in-a-life-time challenge.
In my opinion, the writing style is only so-so (no James Michener here), but it is easy reading.
Rating: 4
Summary: RIP ROLLICKING ADVENTURE STORY...A MUST READ
Comment: What happens when two wealthy, middle aged men with commanding, type A personalities get together? Why they decide to climb the seven summits, the highest mountain on each of the seven continents! Their attempts to snare their trophy mountains makes for a rip rollicking good read. What is most remarkable is that one of them actually manages to summit each and every one of the seven mountains in question.
The account of their adventure runs the gamut of the human experience: humor, pathos, joy, and ultimate success. Their achievement is incredible, considering that they were middle aged, novice climbers. Yet their grit and determination, coupled with a seemingly endless cash flow, allowed them to hob nob with the mountaineering elite and, ultimately, enables one of them to achieve their collective dream.
These are two men who, when looking back on their lives, will never find themselves in the position of saying "would've, could've, should've". They dared to live their dreams. Would that we were all so inclined. In any case, their adventures during their remarkable quest make for some very absorbing reading. Climbing enthusiasts will enjoy this book, as will as those who love a good adventure story.
Rating: 3
Summary: This isn't a concept, its a way of life!
Comment: I was really outraged by a reader's comment where he said that it was a cool concept to climb the 7S.
This isn't a concept it's an ultimate rush to mountain heads, like me. Everyone knows that you can't rush into doing the the 7S, you need to work your way up through smaller peaks and various different levels of difficulty.
The so called "concept" is more of a death sentence, it takes years to build adequate strength to muster and challenge most of the 7S.
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Title: Seven Summits: The Quest to Reach the Highest Point on Every Continent by Steve Bell, Dick Bass, Pat Morrow ISBN: 0821226762 Publisher: Bulfinch Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Aconcagua: A Climbing Guide, Second Edition by R. J. Secor, Uma Kukathas, Crystal Thomas, Ralph Lee Hopkins ISBN: 0898866693 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places by David Breashears ISBN: 0684865459 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: All Fourteen 8,000ers by Reinhold Messner ISBN: 089886660X Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston Dewalt ISBN: 0312965338 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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