No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors
Book Type: Hardcover
Leesa G. (leesag) reviewed on + 8 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This was a very good book. Ed Viesturs does an excellent job on explaining all the aspects of climbing and what pushed him to climb the 14 8,000m peaks in the world. He's led a very interesting life and he doesn't shy away from anything.
There's a lot of adventure and excitment in the book, paticularly when things are going downhill. It's fast-paced, engaging and well written. There were a lot of points where I couldn't stop reading because I needed to know what happened next. I really loved it.
The only con to this book is that he jumps around a little bit at times. He'll be discussing one thing in, say, 2004 and then suddenly he's in 2001. It can be a bit disconcerting, and sometimes I had to thumb back a few pages to see where I was again.
I highly recommend it.
There's a lot of adventure and excitment in the book, paticularly when things are going downhill. It's fast-paced, engaging and well written. There were a lot of points where I couldn't stop reading because I needed to know what happened next. I really loved it.
The only con to this book is that he jumps around a little bit at times. He'll be discussing one thing in, say, 2004 and then suddenly he's in 2001. It can be a bit disconcerting, and sometimes I had to thumb back a few pages to see where I was again.
I highly recommend it.
