The Ascent of Rum Doodle
by W.E. Bowman
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Read in January, 2007
Hilarious. an ascent up the 40,000-and-a-half foot peak (in what can only be Nepal) by pompous English colonially nasal types. Much like "Three Men in a Boat" in its thrashing of English classism. a riot.
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Read in April, 2008
Since I visited the bar inspired by the book thought i'd read the book as well. You could call it backward integration; i guess.
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Read in February, 2008
The classic satire of mountaineering and early 20th century British adventure expeditions captured in delicious deadpan wit.
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This is perhaps the epitome of mountaineering literature. Sine qua non for any mountain library!
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Hilarious spoof of a mountain expedition of a fictional mountain just taller than Everest.
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Read in January, 2006
I picked this up in Kathmandu after finding out one of the characters has my surname.
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Has a copy to sell/swap
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Read in January, 2003
recommends it for:
climbers
Recommended read for climbers with a dry sense of humor.
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Read in November, 2007
recommended to Christy by:
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quite hilarious.
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