Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Author: Jon Krakauer
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 wor….Read More
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