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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book.  A relative has climbed Mt. Rainier and I always thought it would be fun.  I didn't know it would be like climbing a mini Mt. Everest!  I learned a lot from this book - history of volcanoes, plant life, all sorts of things.  The main thing I learned was that I didn't want t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58059941">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A fascinating story of Mt. Rainer, and its cultural/historical/ mythological presence in our lives as Western Washingtonians.  What does it mean, having Tahoma looming over us?  What drives some to climb, work, and die on it?   ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautifully written and researched story on the history, lure, and people around Mt. Rainier.  I read it over and over when I lived on the east coast a few years and missed my beloved Mountain.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was alright. The subtitle is misleading. There was no beauty or terror, really. It could be called &quot;some random musings about a mountain while I mostly just looked up at it, and then paid to be guided up it so I could complete a book&quot;. I read it because I wanted a book about Washington-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28568910">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book given to my by a great friend.  Book involves numerous vignettes about Mt. Rainier.  Beautiful prose that give due respect to the beautiful mountain.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Highly entertaining!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Covers every interesting aspect of Mount Rainier.  Excellent book, and the tribal mythology surrounding the mountain as well as the accidents and beauty are all explored and all fascinating for those of us who live in its shadow.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Barcott waxes a little too poetic at first. But he warms to his task and conveys the passion necessary to climb high mountains. I recently hiked the Burroughs Loop and the descriptions of the terrain ring true. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A fun, light read. In college, I climbed the mountain and backpacked the Wonderland Trail. The book made me so nostalgic... I miss the Pacific Northwest!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this while I was training to climb Mt Rainier.  It both scared the crap out of me and gave me confidence.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Mt. Climbing books so this one was pretty good.  Especially books about Rainier]]></body>
    
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