Eiger Dreams: Ventures among Men and Mountains

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No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines as Outside and Smithsonian, he explores the subject from the unique and memorable perspective of one who has battled peaks like K2, Denali, Everest, and, of course, the Eiger. Always with a keen eye, an open heart, and a hunger for the ultimate experience, he gives us unerring portraits of the mountaineering ...
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Overview

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines as Outside and Smithsonian, he explores the subject from the unique and memorable perspective of one who has battled peaks like K2, Denali, Everest, and, of course, the Eiger. Always with a keen eye, an open heart, and a hunger for the ultimate experience, he gives us unerring portraits of the mountaineering experience. Yet Eiger Dreams is more about people than about rock and ice—people with that odd, sometimes maniacal obsession with mountain summits that sets them apart from other men and women. Here we meet John Gill, climber not of great mountains but of house-sized boulders so hard to surmount that even demanding alpine climbs seem easy by comparison, and many more compelling and colorful characters. Eiger Dreams is stirring, vivid writing about one of the most enthralling and dangerous of all human pursuits.
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The author of Into Thin Air "has taken the literature of mountains onto a higher ledge." --New York Times Book Review "Armchair adventurers can't ask for better entertainment than this tour of the legendary locations of mountaineering and the eccentric climbers who gather there." --Publisher's Weekly
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781599216102
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
  • Publication date: 2/10/2009
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 260330
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 8.94 (h) x 0.61 (d)

Meet the Author

Jon Krakauer is the author of the best-selling Into the Wild, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Into Thin Air, and is the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series. His writings have been published in Outside, GEO, Architecture Digest, Rolling Stone, TIME, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the National Geographic.
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  • Posted Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2009

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    I Also Recommend:

    Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
    Into the Wild

    Ups and downs

    Eiger Dreams is a collection of short stories and is not as good as Krakauer's other books. Some of the stories are very entertaining, while others are kind of boring. A good read if you like outdoor books though.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Thu Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2003

    Eiger Dreams: a book for and about mountaineering

    The book, EIGER DREAMS, is a great book for anybody that is into mountaineering or just rock climbing. The book is comprised of many short stories that Jon Krakauer had written for magazines in the past. He also includes a new story that is about Krakauer, himself, written just for this book. Each story is unique because each one is about a different climber and takes place on different mountains in the Himalayas, the Alps, the Rockies and in the many ranges of Alaska. One of the stories I enjoyed was "Devil's Thumb", which is about Krakauer quitting his job in Colorado and just driving north. He was heading to Alaska so that he could try to climb the north face of the Devil's Thumb, which had never been climbed. The story was enjoyable because of the great detail about the climbing and because of the mishaps, which made it funny. I chuckled when he accidentally set his tent on fire. My favorite story, however, is titled "Gill". John Gill grew up to become one of the top boulderers in the sport of rock climbing. This story was written when Gill was in his fifties and still climbing better than anyone else. If you have any interest in climbing, EIGER DREAMS will keep you captured from cover to cover, with all the action and suspense from each and every climb.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sun Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2001

    UNCHAINED!

    Hot Damn! These are all the words that sum up this book. These are powerful, moving stories where at times, you feel as if you were there living these experiences. This book really proclaims, 'Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top'

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Wed May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2000

    Dreaming of the Eiger

    An amazing compilation of stories about risk takers and skilled alpinists. I loved each story equally, and am inspired to emulate the climbers in these stories. One of the best mountaineering books I've ever read.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sun Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2001

    You will like this.

    Eiger Dreams is a compilation of stories of different climbing experiences by the author of 'Into Thin Air.' I thought Eiger Dreams was in some ways equally good, and I read Into Thin Air in one sitting.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Fri Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2000

    Terrific -- I'd like a 'Devil's Thumb' Movie!

    Just a great book, covering all aspects of mountaineering adventure. But the book transcends mountaineering. Human perseverence, courage in the face of death, the grind of athletic conditioning, the life style of the outdorrsman, these are all fascinatingly depicted. The comraderie among teammates is also covered in its complexities. Different attitudes between French and American cultures is also portrayed. It is a very rich, deep book. Besides that, it is a series of great adventures.

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