Greg Child recalls the events and people that have shaped his climbing career in this collection of stories and essays.
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Greg Child tackles big peaks, with his usual wit and humour.,
This review is from: Mixed Emotions, Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child (Paperback)
This guy has got to be one of my favorite mountain literature authors... Greg's excellent writing skills put you right in the action with dialogues, exacting characterizations and dry humour born from too many harrowing first ascents on big peaks. His partners are well known and it's great to get a peek at their personalities through Greg's eyes. When you're done, read it again then pick up his other paperback: Thin Air.
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child is the most literate climber in history!,
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greg child is the most literate climber in history, far more readable than his peers. reading his books is like going along on the expedition on his shoulder, seeing the climb, the preliminaries, the peripheries of surrounding socieites and experiences. it is like paer virtual reality. best of all, his multi-focus shows he is aware of more than just the climb or his own performance--while bringing it all to life with technicalities and dramas and compassion and pragmatism, and an obvious struggle to be constantly fair to everyone.
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One awsome book, a must read for any climber!,
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I love this book. Greg is so amazing with his writing in that he puts you on the mountain with himself. It's awsome and motivational. This book is worth twice the cost of the paper-back for most people, and is priceless for a climber.
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TRANSLATED FROM THE LINGUA FRANCA of climbing to layperson's lingo, an epic is a bad day at the office on a cosmic scale. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Broad Peak, Baltoro Glacier, Doug Scott, Jim Beyer, Trango Tower, Nanga Parbat, Voytek Kurtyka, Hidden Peak, Magic Line, Reinhold Messner, Abruzzi Spur, Don Whillans, Fisher Towers, Karakoram Range, Third World, Alex Maclntyre, Braldu River, Nanda Devi, Shisha Pangma, Tangerine Trip, Barun Glacier, Barun River, Central Peak, Dougal Haston, John Roskelley New!
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TRANSLATED FROM THE LINGUA FRANCA of climbing to layperson's lingo, an epic is a bad day at the office on a cosmic scale. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Broad Peak, Baltoro Glacier, Doug Scott, Jim Beyer, Trango Tower, Nanga Parbat, Voytek Kurtyka, Hidden Peak, Magic Line, Reinhold Messner, Abruzzi Spur, Don Whillans, Fisher Towers, Karakoram Range, Third World, Alex Maclntyre, Braldu River, Nanda Devi, Shisha Pangma, Tangerine Trip, Barun Glacier, Barun River, Central Peak, Dougal Haston, John Roskelley New!
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- Shisha Pangma Pb by Al Scott Doug Maci on page 151, and page 156
- The Lord of the Rings (3 Volumes) by J. R. R. Tolkien on page 209
- Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien on page 209
- Antarctica: Both Heaven and Hell by Reinhold Messner in Back Matter
- Annapurna South Face: The Classic Account of Survival (Adrenaline) by Sir Chris Bonington C.B.E. on page 209
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- Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalaya by Greg Child in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Postcards from the Ledge: Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child by Greg Child in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Experiential Learning: A Best Practice Handbook for Educators and Trainers by Colin Beard on page 229, and Back Matter
- Children's Unspoken Language by Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon on page 176, and Back Matter
- Life and Death on Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering by Sherry B. Ortner on page 290, and Back Matter
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