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@edelweiss: I found it slower than his other books, but I did enjoy it. I was more aware of it being nonfiction and obviously knew the outcome, so some of the set up and character introduction felt lengthy. I'm also not sure what President Wilson's seemingly irrelevant love story was doing in the book. Once the ship had set sail though, it was compelling and quick moving.

@MediaNaranja: I own SO MANY mountaineering books, I totally went through this. If you're interested when I get home I'll take a look at my shelf and see what else is really good (have you read The Climb, Anatoli Boukreev's version of the events of Into Thin Air?)

@MediaNaranja: I just realized I never did this! Sorry about the delay! Here's what I've got on my shelf:

Everest Exposed by George Band
Eiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer
High Exposure by David Brashears
The Other Side of Everest by Matt Dickinson (he was climbing the North Face during the 1996 storm)
Dead Lucky by Lincoln Hall
Dark Summit by Rick Heil
High Crimes by Michael Kodas
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
High Adventure by Edmund Hilary
Touching My Father's Soul by Jamling Norgay
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Forever on the Mountain by James Tabor
No Shortcut to the Top by Ed Viesturs
The Boys of Everest by Clint Willis
The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev

I told you I had a problem!

Recently finished All the Light We Cannot See, now reading Inside the O'Briens.