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High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2
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Clint Willis
In this pioneering anthology, Clint Willis presents 75 years of great writing -- from Neil O'Dell to Jon Krakauer -- on the fabled peaks. Here are stories of two British expeditions to Everest in the 1920s; a piece on the 1939 K2 attempt that claimed four climbers' lives; a firsthand account by the Sherpa who reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with Edmund Hillary; the s...more
Paperback, 360 pages
Published
December 23rd 1998
by Da Capo Press
(first published December 22nd 1998)
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I like this kind of adventure story. And I've recently discovered how much I like anthologies from B.'s post-apocalyptic phase. Nice kind of adventure where I'm never going to try it either--doesn't make me quite as nervous. One bad thing though: many were excerpts from other books, which I'm not necessarily going to read, and they didn't tell me how it "ended"!! I mean, did they die or not? Please just add a note at the end to sum up the rest of the trip!
None of the stories included gives you the whole story, leaving you asking for more info. Maybe that was the editor's point, but frustrating nonetheless, as you're, in effect, directed to read a dozen other books to find out. Great true, adventurous semi-stories nonetheless if the dangers of losing your mind and literally freezing your fingers and toes off way above the rest of the world is your bag, so to speak. (Does one still have a 'bag' these days?
This is one of the books that my husband brought home and I stole. I have been notorious for this lately. The book was a collection of stories, or I should say, excerpts of stories. I didn't like the excerpt idea....just as you're getting into a story of ascent or disaster, etc, the piece ends and you have no idea how the story completely unravels. Then off to another story. I hated this disjointed collection of stories that didn't have enough information to leave me satisfied.
This is a collection of stories from various K2 and Everest books. Some of the excerpts where pretty good, but some felt incomplete. I think I'd much rather read the original books themselves. So I guess this is a good way to get a sampler and see which books you'd want to read in full.
I love survival stories. The only problem with this series is that they are only short-stories, so they leave you yearning for more. They don't explain what happens to the hikers in the end or even give much context. A bit frustrating. That is the only reason it didn't get 5 stars.
I didn't finish this book. Found it a bit of a chore to get through.
Good read if you like survival stuff like I do
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