Incredible! Awesome! Amazing! | Everest : Mountain Without Mercy

Excellent book!! | Everest : Mountain Without Mercy | Broughton Coburn

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	• Everest : Mountain Without Mercy Broughton Coburn National Geographic, 1997 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 51 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Takes you right to the Himalayas.

I don't know where I was in May 1996 that I missed out on this real life story. This book did an excellent job of recapturing the events of that month on Everest. I was transported back as if the events were happening real time. The pictures really took me there (well as close as I'll most likely ever get). I was taken in by the majesty as well as the tragedy of this story and those who lost their lives to Everest and to their insatiable desire to reach the summit. As opposed to Krakauer's book, Into Thin Air (which I read after being so enthralled with this book) I enjoyed this more impartial view and factual account of all the factors surrounding a decision to attempt a summit bid to the top of the world. After reading this book I can understand a person's desire to climb the summit but cement my own desire to climb no higher that 10 or 11,000 feet. I also enjoyed learning about the filming of an IMAX presentation. An excellent and enjoyable read.

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Incredible! Awesome! Amazing!

This is the most beautiful book about the most beautiful, and most haunting mountain that I have read. I read "Into Thin Air" by Krakauer, and have been fascinated with mountain climbing ever since. I climbed to base camp, Camp Muir, of Mt. Rainier, and that's a pimple compared to Everest. It's amazing and I admire and respect both the climbers and the mountain. A wonderful book.

Excellent book!!

I loved this book! I've just started getting into backpacking and went to the library to get a backpacking book to read. I decided to look up books about Mount Everest. I chose this one because I had heard of the new IMAX movie coming out, and this was about the filming crew! I knew nothing about the book when I checked it out. After I started reading it, I couldn't stop! It was excellent! I like how they used a nice combination of Himilayan culture and climbing. I also liked the fact that both advanced and beginner climbers would like it. I have never climbed in my life, yet I understood the book very well, and better yet, REALLY enjoyed it! I give this book 5 stars all the way!

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Interesting Companion to Into Thin Air

I was surprised last night to look up from this book and see that the clock read 4 a.m.! I was enthralled with the story again, the same one told by Krakauer in "Into Thin Air", but found that this book, with it's amazing photography and interesting side-bars, painted a more complete picture--not of the tragedy, but of the Everest experience as a whole. I saw the IMAX movie and was disappointed, not by its content, but more by its short length. This book rounds it out, and satisfied my desire for more time atop Everest....sleep be damned!

Beautiful book, from all angles

This book has incredible pictures, and an incredible story. I was deeply taken by the humanity and bravery of the subjects of the book. I cannot wait to see the IMAX movie that they were involved in making. I also read Into Thin Air, which was great also, but told the story from a different angle. Mountain Without Mercy is aptly named, emphasizing the deep respect the local culture has for the mountains and the gods that they believe inhabit them. This book emphasizes how humans are subject to the will of nature, and that not all areas of the world are so easily conquered. I know I will never attempt to summit Everest, but I would love to see the views from Base Camp!!!

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