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Summary: You can't finish this book unmoved and untouched.
Review: This was a very well writen book about the 1996 Everest disaster.The author wrote what he thought should be learned about what happend over the expiditions time.I don't read much books but I read this one and I would read it again.
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Summary: The Best Adventure Story Ever Told
Review: I felt that this book was one of the best adventure stories ever told. It kept me on the edge of my seat and made me feel like I was experiencing it first hand. The way the author described it gave me chills up my spine. This book was so good that I have read it twice and have recomended it to many of my friends.
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Summary: Why do so many people like this book?
Review: We all know this type of book. It looks interesting, people are raving, so you pick it up and begin reading. Starts off slow, you think "ah, it's just getting started." 100 pages into it, and it's still getting started. 200 pages in, and you consider dumping it. But you keep reading anyway, people love this book, it'll get better, right? At some point, you notice there's only a few pages left and then you realize with that slightly sinking feeling that you've wasted your time on a book that goes nowhere. What people see in this book, I don't know. A story as good as this deserves a better storyteller.
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: One of these books that changes your priority in life. Everest Base Camp - I am on my way, just to be there, where all these events actually took place. A MUST also for those that the highest point they ever got to, was where the ski lift took them.
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Summary: Forcing myelf through
Review: I'm on page 143 of this book and am pondering throwing it out. I've had many friends tell me this was one of the best books they had read. But, so far it is quite boring. I'll probably end up skipping every few pages until the drama hits. Then I won't feel so bad about wasting the money I spent to buy the book.
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Summary: Book was good
Review: After hearing the author on art bell one nite i picked up the book and read it, now i am listening via audio book which makes it seem more real.
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Summary: BECAUSE IT'S THERE
Review: What a great adventure story! Before reading this book I knew nothing about mountain climbing, was not interested in mountain climbing, and knew no one who climbs mountains (I still don't), but I kept reading good things about the book and bought it in paperback. Half-way through I went and bought the illustrated edition, which was more than worth it! What a book! I never would have said I liked "adventure" stories before this book, but now I am hooked. Right after reading this I bought THE ENDURANCE and then INTO THE WILD, both of them good books, but THE ENDURANCE perhaps one of the best books I have ever read (and I read a lot!) This book was excellent, but I still cannot fathom why anyone would want to climb a mountain!!
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Summary: A summary of the 1996 Everest disaster
Review: This was a great adventure novel, and one of the best books that I have read. It goes through the history of Mt. Everest, and through the process of climbing it with incredible detail. The story is based on the May, 1996, Adventure Consultants and Mountain Madness commercial expeditions to the top of the peak. It explains with great detail the disasters that occurred and the great acts of heroism, and how that 1996 was the deadliest season in the history of Mt. Everest.
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Summary: Amazingly chilling account!
Review: I read the book on a flight from LA to London, and I cried through it! Although one already knows the outcome, it was so sad to read the story of how it unfolded, and the futility of it all. I hope that people learn from it, and it never happens again ...... what a book!
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Summary: fabulous !
Review: I read this book while on vacation. The book gave me the chills. Even though you know how it is going to end, you need to keep reading. Couldn't put it down. When I finished the book I still wanted to read on. Jon Krakauer really drags you into the book,which makes him (one of) the best writer(s) around!!
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