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Title: Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas by Greg Child, Doug Scott ISBN: 0898865883 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Something other than big Expedition climbing
Comment: "Thin air" is one of the greatest books I every read. It's full of compelling, offbeat tales about alpine style climbing of Himalayan Mountains. Greg Child is an amazing writer and an even more amazing climber. K2 and Board Peak alpine style, bagging unclimbed routes, tents on fire; all make for interesting stories way up high. I recommend this book to anyone but especially climbers.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Study In High Altitude Apprenticeship
Comment: This is a superb set of essays which describes the transfiguration of a gifted technical rock climber into a high- altitude mountaineer. In addition, it is a well-written, absorbing chronicle of high adventure in one of the most spectacular regions on earth (replete with dozens of stunning photographs).
For me, the chapters on Broad Peak in the Karakoram were the highlight of this collection . Child describes the geography, people and culture of Pakistan as well as the logistics of the expedition with such clarity and force that it is not hard to begin imagining you are there with him before too long.
But it is his deep respect for all the people he encounters and climbs with that makes this narrative so rich and special. In this regard readers will be moved indeed when Child looses his friend and climbing partner Peter Thexton to pulmonary edema after turning back from the summit on Broad Peak (without getting quite to the top). This tragedy is related with such pathos and power. And it makes Child reconsider the entire enterprise to which he has devoted his life, a process that one rarely reads about in the writings of high altitude mountaineers who so often maintain a stoic attitude reflexively. One's life, Child ultimately decides, takes precedence over the conquest of 8,000 meter peaks; no matter how compelling and significant such a goal may seem.
Rating: 5
Summary: Available Again. Excellant.
Comment: One of the best books I have ever read or given to family/friends (I have bought 10+ copies since it was first published...too bad the original hard copy version is no longer available...mine is now in rough shape). My favorite climbing book of all time. Inspired. Be humbled with Child, then grab your gear... After this read, 'Deborah & Mountain of my Fear'.
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Title: Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child by Greg Child ISBN: 0898863635 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Postcards from the Ledge: Collected Mountaineering Wrtings of Greg Child by Greg Child, Joe Simpson ISBN: 0898867533 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2 by Rick Ridgeway ISBN: 0898866324 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Touching the Void : The Harrowing First-Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson ISBN: 0060916540 Publisher: HarperCollins (paper) Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Nanda Devi: The Tragic Expedition by John Roskelley ISBN: 0898867398 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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