Alain C. (achinca) reviewed on 3/16/2025 + 19 more book reviews

An incredible book! I did not know anything about what happened on Mount Everest that day. It was recommended to me and although I am not into mountaineering, I trusted the recommendation.
And I am so glad I did. The book is beautifully written and extremely engaging. This feels like fiction and you need to remind yourself that this is a tragic story of a real people.
The author taught me a lot about the world of high peak climbing and the various forces at work which sometimes lead to the disaster covered in that book.
Jon Krakauer is 100% honest about what he saw and his role in the tragedy.
The pictures in the book heightened the sense of the tragedy.
I found it telling that after dreaming all of his life to reach to top of Mount Everest, he spends 5 minutes or less when he is there.
And I learned that the danger is not on the climb up, but the climb down.
Recommended read regardless of the style of book you enhoy.

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