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Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest 33 reviews
Jamling T. Norgay
HarperOne, 2002
A Sherpa Man Finds his Spiritual and Family Roots
+ Jamling Norgay succeeds
+ Some Climb
+ Three books in one
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Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World - A Personal Account of the 1996 Disaster18 reviews
Kenneth Kamler
The Lyons Press, 2002
excellent account as doctor on Everest....
+ Doctor bragging about Everest
+ Another Good Story
+ A doctor's personal account
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The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest 258 reviews
Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1998
Must read this together with Into Thin Air
+ Makes Into Thin Air seem very questionable
+ A good report on some excellent reportage
After i read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, i thought i knew all there was to know about the 1996 Everest tragedy. Was i wrong.
In Jon's book, Toli (Anatoli) was cast as a villian who knowingly put his clients at risks. After reading this book, i felt that Toli was the real hero in the tragedy. ...
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster1487 reviews
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 1999
Seeking a state of grace
+ Rare Insight into a Perilous Set of Events
+ My Favorite Book
+ Stunning
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The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm40 reviews
Matt Dickinson
Three Rivers Press, 2000
Different, and excellent!
+ Riveting "Thin Air" story from another angle
+ Holds up well to "Into Thin Air"
+ A 10-Plus!! One of the Top 10 Everest Books Ever
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Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest 92 reviews
Beck Weathers
Dell, 2001
RE: Mt Everest
+ left for dead
+ Beck Weathers book
As one of the other reviewers had written, I too have becme nearly obsessed with the events surrounding the tragic events of May 1996. I have read every book I can find on the subject.
Dr. Weathers book is very well written. It gives perspective from his wife and friends view as they waited ...
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Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy 57 reviews
Lene Gammelgaard, Press Seal
Harper Paperbacks, 2000
It's About The Big Thing: Me, Myself & I. Oh! And Everest!
I am a rabid Everest-phile, reading everything I can get my hands on and I've got all the books by the best and brightest to have ever climbed Everest.
Lene's book wasn't the worst, certainly not the best. Definitely readable because I looked forward to reading it each night before I fell ...
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Everest : Mountain Without Mercy 50 reviews
Broughton Coburn
National Geographic, 1997
Mt Everest: spectacular photography
+ Everest: Mountain without mercy
+ Great book
+ Awesome Everest
+ Completely Fascinating!
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Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey32 reviews
GORAN KROPP, DAVID LAGERCRANTZ
Discovery Books, 2000
Life is a Grand Adventure
+ An incredible story - Proof that truth is stranger than fiction
+ The story of an extrodianry adventure
+ See his live talk!
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Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy57 reviews
Lene Gammelgaard, Press Seal
Harper Paperbacks, 2000
It's About The Big Thing: Me, Myself & I. Oh! And Everest!
I am a rabid Everest-phile, reading everything I can get my hands on and I've got all the books by the best and brightest to have ever climbed Everest.
Lene's book wasn't the worst, certainly not the best. Definitely readable because I looked forward to reading it each night before I fell ...
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The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest258 reviews
Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1998
Must read this together with Into Thin Air
+ Makes Into Thin Air seem very questionable
+ A good report on some excellent reportage
After i read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, i thought i knew all there was to know about the 1996 Everest tragedy. Was i wrong.
In Jon's book, Toli (Anatoli) was cast as a villian who knowingly put his clients at risks. After reading this book, i felt that Toli was the real hero in the tragedy. ...
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Everest : Mountain Without Mercy50 reviews
Broughton Coburn
National Geographic, 1997
Mt Everest: spectacular photography
+ Everest: Mountain without mercy
+ Great book
+ Awesome Everest
+ Completely Fascinating!
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster1487 reviews
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 1999
Seeking a state of grace
+ Rare Insight into a Perilous Set of Events
+ My Favorite Book
+ Stunning
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Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest33 reviews
Jamling T. Norgay
HarperOne, 2002
A Sherpa Man Finds his Spiritual and Family Roots
+ Jamling Norgay succeeds
+ Some Climb
+ Three books in one
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Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World - A Personal Account of the 1996 Disaster18 reviews
Kenneth Kamler
The Lyons Press, 2002
excellent account as doctor on Everest....
+ Doctor bragging about Everest
+ Another Good Story
+ A doctor's personal account
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Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey32 reviews
GORAN KROPP, DAVID LAGERCRANTZ
Discovery Books, 2000
Life is a Grand Adventure
+ An incredible story - Proof that truth is stranger than fiction
+ The story of an extrodianry adventure
+ See his live talk!
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The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm40 reviews
Matt Dickinson
Three Rivers Press, 2000
Different, and excellent!
+ Riveting "Thin Air" story from another angle
+ Holds up well to "Into Thin Air"
+ A 10-Plus!! One of the Top 10 Everest Books Ever
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Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest92 reviews
Beck Weathers
Dell, 2001
RE: Mt Everest
+ left for dead
+ Beck Weathers book
As one of the other reviewers had written, I too have becme nearly obsessed with the events surrounding the tragic events of May 1996. I have read every book I can find on the subject.
Dr. Weathers book is very well written. It gives perspective from his wife and friends view as they waited ...
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