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Everest: It's Not About the Summit
- Narrated by: John Weston
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Adventurers, Explorers & Survival
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- Ben Waddams
- 02-10-20
Interesting for certain people,but perhaps not all
I'm a big fan of mountaineering books and memoirs, especially those concerning the Himalaya which is why I bought 'Everest: It's not about the summit' and on the whole I was entertained by the story, however I would say there were a couiple of concerns.
Firstly, the narration is very monotone, with the narrator constantly sounding like he is on the brink of tears. It always puzzles me as to why authors don't read their own memoirs, but they have their reasons. I can't however think that Ellis' oration would have been worse than the incumbent! The narrator also clearly had no interest in the subject and/or had not researched the pronunciation of various elements to the sport, namely the mountains themselves. He pronounced Scafell Pike like 'scaffold' and also got Himalayan peaks wrong on the first go. Not the end of the world granted...but irritating for someone keen on the subject.
Secondly the story itself is full of self-doubt and failures. I understand that this, in escence IS the story, yet none of them are springboards to success and do get a touch tedious, however you may disagree. At the same time, the USP of the book is I think, how a man from very humble beginnings eventually managed to get onto the slopes of Everest with little or no clue about fundraising and despite all these failures. That would potentially be a great inspiration for other people in similar circumstances and with similar dreams, but when every single dull failure is noted...with the narrator's tone...it does wear on a tad.
The book is interesting in terms of an ordinary person trying to reach his goal, and is something of an inside story into the avalanche and earthquake disasters, but I the relative lack of detail concerning those events, coupled with the over-emphasis on the long succession of failures before stepping foot on the mountain, perhaps illustrates how those two elements should have been reveresed as to their prominence in the text?
Ben Waddams
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-12-21
Really boring
Sorry. I love a good adventure book , but this was badly written and tediously read.
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- Kevin J. Lear (MotorBikeTV)
- 22-02-21
The narrator oh dear me......
Being from the land the hung the Monkey I felt an affinity (I had grand parents in the same town during the 60s and 70s)
Looking forward to hearing about a hartlepudlian ...........
The narrator demonstrates as much passion as a squashed frog (the monkey was french) what a damn shame because for me it spoilt the story ...........sorry 🥲
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- Ellis Poyntz
- 21-09-20
Couldnt stop listening!
This has reignited my lust for big mountains and the dream of Everest! First audiobook I have ever listened to - and what a listen it was