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Eiger Dreams

Paperback • 1998 • English

Eiger Dreams

By Jon Krakauer

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About the book

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 Alaska's notorious Devils Thumb. In Pakistan, the fearsome K2 kills thirteen of the world's most experienced mountain climbers in one horrific summer. In Valdez, Alaska, two men scale a frozen waterfall over a fo...Show more

Literary essays

Climbing and mountaineering

Book details

ISBN

9780330370004

Publisher

Pan Books

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

Eiger Dreams

Format

Paperback

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