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Title: The Mountain of My Fear: Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative: Two Mountaineering Classics in One Volume by David Roberts, Jon Krakauer ISBN: 0-89886-270-1 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: June, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Very enjoyable, two different stories w/ different endings
Comment: If you like mountaineering books, you should like this one. It does have a few interesting quirks. Roberts was a Harvard student who climbed and this book describes two different ascents in Alaska on Deborah and Mt. Huntington. Not only are the two climbs entirely different, so is the writing style since they were written at different times. The first story is the Deborah ascent made with only one other climber. This story was written later and clearly narrates the climb while the Huntington climb tends to write in a more imaginative style attempting to explore thoughts and reasons why people climb. Frankly, I scanned some paragraphs in the second story as he would get on a tangent and leave the climbing facts. This climb is much more exciting due to the success of the climb and two more personalities involved on the climb. The Deborah climb tends to be one hardship after another. Having said this, there is a shocking occurrence after the successful climb that touches the climbers for the rest of their lives. This story has so emotionally attached you as a member of the party that it is impossible to put down for the last 50 pages. I recommend this book to mountaineering fans interested in the mundane tasks necessary for a successful Alaska assault. Also this will be interesting for readers wanting to explore interpersonal relationships under extreme hardships.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great pair of books
Comment: These two books contain some of the best writing ever done on the subject of mountaineering. "Deborah" starts out at a slow plodding pace but then draws the reader into the events that happened to Roberts and his partner in the remote wilderness of Alaska. The dynamics of the two climbers make for a interesting study of how people deal with extreme conditions. "The Mountain of My Fear" is a much more straight forward account of the first ascent of Mt. Huntington. Again the interactions of the climbers as described by Roberts makes for a fascinating read. The tragic ending leaves the author really questioning the whole point of climbing mountains. If I was going to recommend a book for a non-climber to read to gain some understanding of why people climb this would definitely be it.
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Title: Moments of Doubt: And Other Mountaineering Writings by David Roberts, Royal Robbins ISBN: 0898861187 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: October, 1986 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Escape Routes: Further Adventure Writings of David Roberts by David Roberts, Jon Krakauer ISBN: 0898865093 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Minus 148 Degrees: The First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley by Art Davidson ISBN: 0898866871 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: In the Shadow of Denali: Life and Death on Alaska's Mt. McKinley by Jonathan Waterman ISBN: 1558217266 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer ISBN: 0385509510 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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