Everest: the Ultimate Hump [Paperback]

Tami Knight (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1999

The satiric and irreverent humor of Tami Knight, hurled at the mother of all mountains.

Editorial Reviews

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Its a work of savage genius for sure! -- David Dornian, Editor, Calgary Mountain Club World News

Spectacular. -- Geoff Powter, Editor, Canadian Alpine Journal.

Tami, youre an outrage! -- Alex Lowe, legendary Alpinist.

From the Back Cover

Everest, sacred and hallowed, is the big stuff of extreme adventure. By golly, it's the ultimate hump of the known mountaineering universe. For those of you who aren't summitting Mt. Everest this year, you won't want to miss the satiric and irreverent humor that Tami Knight hurls at the mother of all mountains. (6 x 9, 160 pages, illustrated)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; 1 edition (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897323025
• ISBN-13: 978-0897323024
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,673,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It was like she was right there- amazing!, November 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Everest: the Ultimate Hump (Paperback)

And I thought only my hairdresser knew for sure what happened on that fated mountain. Read Tami's new book to find out what everybody else in the world failed to reveal. Or make up!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tongue in cheek, March 21, 2000

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saliero (NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everest: the Ultimate Hump (Paperback)

Well, I agree this is the irreverence that the Everest genre was waiting for! I laughed quite a bit, and smiled at much of it.

The Dianas (Princesses that is) expedition really tickled my funny bone the most. How inspired to take two such icons, both ludicrously unattainable for most mere mortals, and marry them.

Humour is such a subjective thing, you will either love it or hate it. But don't condemn this take on Everest because of a misapprehension of what it is about. It is a cartoon book. It does actually say more about the reality of the sponsorship and money side of 'personal Everests' than all the thousands of words I have read on the subject thus far.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tami does it again!, July 11, 2000

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Randall Barnhart (Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everest: the Ultimate Hump (Paperback)

I've been following Tami Knight's work for years, when she used to be published in Canadian mountaineering magazines. She was our little secret for years, and whenever we saw an American sitting there bemused by some Canadian mountaineering foible, we'd laugh and laugh and laugh. Then we read Tami and really laugh.

Anyway, given recent events on the Big Momo, people might think this book rude, crude and mean. It is. So is Tami Knight. Which is why it must be read. Knight puts her finger right on the main problems with mountaineering nowadays and pushes for all she's worth. Get this book now, before the Ethics Committee has it pulled.