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No one writes about mountaineering and its own attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. On this collection of his finest essays and confirming, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable point of view of one who may have himself struggled with solo madness to level Alaska's notorious Devils Thumb. In Pakistan, the fearsome K2 kills 13 of the world's most experienced pile climbers in a single horrific summer time. In Valdez, Alaska, two men level a iced waterfall over a 400-ft . drop. In France, a hip international public of rock climbers, bungee jumpers, and paragliders find out new ways to associated risk their lives on the towering peaks of Mont Blanc. Why do they are doing it? How do they are doing it? On this extraordinary book, Krakauer presents an unusual fraternity of daredevils, athletes, and misfits stretching the restrictions of the possible. Through the paranoid confines of any snowbound tent to the thunderous, suffocating terror of any whiteout on Support McKinley, Eiger Dreams spins stories of driven lives, sudden deaths, and outstanding victories. That is a stirring, vivid book about one of the very most compelling and dangerous of most human pursuits.
