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eiger dreams ventures among men and mountains
no one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than jon krakauer . in this collection of his finest essays and reporting krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale alaskas notorious devils thumb . br in pakistan the fearsome k2 kills thirteen of the worlds most experienced mountain climbers in one horrific summer . in valdez alaska two men scale a frozen waterfall over a four hundred foot drop . in france a hip international crowd of rock climbers bungee jumpers and paragliders figure out new ways to risk their lives on the towering peaks of mont blanc . why do they do it how do they do it in this extraordinary book krakauer presents an unusual fraternity of daredevils athletes and misfits stretching the limits of the possible . br from the paranoid confines of a snowbound tent to the thunderous suffocating terror of a white out on mount mckinley eiger dreams spins tales of driven lives sudden deaths and incredible victories . this is a stirring vivid book about one of the most compelling and dangerous of all human pursuits .
paperback anchor books doubleday 1997 isbn 0385488181
abridged n isbn 13 9780385488181 number of pages 186 publisher random house inc release date 863395200000