Pat's review
On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined
by David Roberts
Pat's review
On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined by David Roberts
Pat's review
rating:
recommended for: Krakauer fans, climbers
I met Roberts in Boulder when he was researching this memoir. I'd forgotten about it until recently, when a friend died climbing in Alaska -- the scene of many of the author's greatest accomplishments. On the Ridge is his reassessment, from the vantage of his 60s, of a climbing life (and the deaths of many friends) and whether it was all worth it. It isn't great literature -- Roberts' language is too often overwrought, but when he hits his stride, he's a fine storyteller and a thoughtful memoirist. I'm glad I read it.
