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More Than Mountains: The Todd Huston Story: One Leg, Fifty Mountains, an Unconquerable Faith

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The loss of Todd Huston's leg was as horrible an experience as anyone could imagine, and his response to it is admirable. Viewed from that angle, this is a fine book. It suffers, however, from some jumbling and some factual errors (probably on the part of Huston's ghost writer). Most notably, he climbed McKinley as his first high point, not his 45th. Late in the book this can be discerned, but it makes things confused elsewhere. Some other goofs: notable climber Lou Whittaker becomes "Lee" in this book, and the huge crevasse often found at the top of an alpine glacier, a bergschrund, this book comically calls a "bergstrom." This is a fine inspirational book, but very weak if you're looking for information on mountain climbing. If there is to be a second printing I recommend that Todd get a fact checker to go over it.