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Eiger Dreams

Ventures Among Men and Mountains

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Eiger Dreams

By: Jon Krakauer
Narrated by: Philip Franklin
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About this listen

 No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. . In this collection of thirteen of his finest essays and reporting – including the essay, “Is Yosemite Going To The Dogs” – 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 four-hundred-foot drop. In France, a hip international crowd of rock climbers, bungee jumpers, and paragliders figure out new ways to risk their lives on the towering peaks of Mont Blanc. Why do they do it? How do they do it? In this extraordinary book, Krakauer presents an unusual fraternity of daredevils, athletes, and misfits stretching the limits of the possible.

From the paranoid confines of a snowbound tent, to the thunderous, suffocating terror of a white-out on Mount McKinley, Eiger Dreams spins tales of driven lives, sudden deaths, and incredible victories. This is a stirring, vivid book about one of the most compelling and dangerous of all human pursuits. Adventure Travel Climbing & Mountaineering Outdoors & Nature Travel Writing & Commentary Adventure Alaska Alps Extreme Sports

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worth listening to just for the Burgess twins Yorkshire accent. Huddersfield in Bangladesh!!lol
However it is a classic of Climbing of its time.

Classic of Climbing Genre..

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This is an excellent collection of stories. Some had me on the edge of my seat almost all took me somewhere very new and every single story shows how unique we all are and how we crave adventures.

Many exhilarating and fascinating stories

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Series of short tales, all true. Very well written and full to great stories.
Recommended for lovers of adventure.

Very fine early Krakauer

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Climbing some of the most challenging peaks around the world, You are with Jon Krakaur every step of the way in each exciting chapter. The narrator's voice is great I Loved it!

Step by step excitement

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The narrator seemed to struggle to put any personality or tonal inflections into reading this book. Monotonous and dull throughout and utterly laughable, awful attempts at any accent not his own. He sounded bored, and that made the book more boring than it had any right to be!

The articles are interesting and might otherwise have been really enjoyable, but when you're listening to someone talk about the beauty and majesty of nature, the call of the mountains, and the intricacies of climbing at high altitude all without more than a semitone of variation in his voice, you do feel like you aren't getting the most out of it.

Disappointed in the narrator, but I'd still say Krakauer is a good author.

Interesting stories boringly read

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