I’d suggest anyone crazy enough to even contemplate climbing Everest either read the book or watch the movie “Into Thin Air”. It will dispel any romantic notions about climbing Everest.
I never had the least inclination to climb Everest, but in reading the book you really get the idea of just how physically horrible the experience is. You’re sick from the altitude, you have perpetual headaches, and the last part of the assent will kill you from lack of oxygen and/or freezing if you don’t make it back to the base camp.
I read that book, it’s an excellent read. At the end there’s a part about how some Nepalese see all the climbing as a disgrace, a defilement of the mountain. They’d prefer no one, of any color, climb it.
It’s a terrifying tale that will stay with you long after you read it. The movie was good too.
I read that book, it’s an excellent read. At the end there’s a part about how some Nepalese see all the climbing as a disgrace, a defilement of the mountain. They’d prefer no one, of any color, climb it.
It’s a terrifying tale that will stay with you long after you read it. The movie was good too.
Our son climbs, but not at this level. I hope he never does. I have quite enough gray hair already.
“I’d suggest anyone crazy enough to even contemplate climbing Everest either read the book or watch the movie “Into Thin Air”.”
I read that, and several other books on Everest climbs. And while reading each one, I kept shaking my head, muttering “These people are f***ing nuts!”