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This is 3 stars not because it is a bad book, but oh my god am I FRUSTRATED after finishing it.

$65,000 to put yourself in a position to die in a merciless and dehumanizing way?? wtf is wrong with rich people.

You want a thrill? Find literally anything else to amuse yourself with.

The only part of this idiocy I respected was the guides demanding clients respect the sherpas.

cdjdhj's review against another edition

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4.0

This is a very interesting book. After reading it, I really feel that those who were a part of the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster retold in this book were egotistical fools. The mountain climbers did something extrememly dangerous and foolhardy out of a sense of hubris --- just so they could say they had stood at the very top of the world on Mt. Everest. It's sad that so much loss of life resulted from an adventure that had no purpose at all other than to feed the egos of a few bored rich people with too much time on their hands and to enrich of their "adventure guides." No doubt the $65,000 a piece that the "recreational climbers" paid to climb Everest could have really done some real good and helped people in desperate need. At any rate, while I found the book very readable and interesting, I was disgusted at the waste of money and life it recounted.

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adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

truly harrowing oh my fucking god

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