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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A superb yet modest summary of a brilliant climbing career.
A sequence of breathtaking adventures from childhood onwards in which Dougal surpasses the achievements of most world class climbers of his day.
Published on July 3, 1998
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but short
This was a very interesting account of some big time climbs by one of the premier climbers of his day. His style is very direct, without the need to be overly critical of other climbers (a la Krakauer). He also manages to get into the discussion of climbing ethics with an elegantly simple statement of what it means to him, unlike some other climber/writers who use...
Published on August 1, 1999 by Brian Callahan
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A superb yet modest summary of a brilliant climbing career.,
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This review is from: In High Places (Paperback)
A sequence of breathtaking adventures from childhood onwards in which Dougal surpasses the achievements of most world class climbers of his day.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A chill, laconic voice,
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This review is from: In High Places (Paperback)
characterizes Haston's retelling of his brief, stellar climbing career. A good antidote to the flowery romanticism of some other mountaineering autobiographies, this excellent book belongs on all climbers' shelves.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but short,
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This review is from: In High Places (Paperback)
This was a very interesting account of some big time climbs by one of the premier climbers of his day. His style is very direct, without the need to be overly critical of other climbers (a la Krakauer). He also manages to get into the discussion of climbing ethics with an elegantly simple statement of what it means to him, unlike some other climber/writers who use ethics to throw around blame for accident under the guise of ethics. The only thing I was disappointed in with this book was that it just seemed to stop out of the blue, almost as if he paused before he finished it, and then forgot to get back to it. All in all, though, a very good read.
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In High Places by Dougal Haston (Paperback - Oct. 1997)
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