- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: CANONGATE; New edition edition (April 14 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1841957135
- ISBN-13: 978-1841957135
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.2 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
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"A wonderful, gritty expedition book." Chris Bonington "Achingly talented. A Rare find." On The Edge "An excellent read, one of the best expedition books so far." Climber
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When poet Andrew Greig was asked by the near-legendary Scottish mountaineer Mal Duff to join his ascent of the Mustagh Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas, he had a poor head for heights and no climbing experience whatsoever. The result is this unique book. Short-listed for the Boardman-Tasker Prize and already something of a classic in adventure literature, Summit Fever has been loved by climbers and literary critics alike for its refreshing candour, wit and insight, and the haunting beauty of its writing. It is for every armchair adventurer who ever wondered what it would be like to climb in the Himalayas. Much more than a book about climbing, it celebrates the risk, joy and adventure of being alive.
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AN ARMCHAIR CLIMBER'S DREAM COME TRUE..., Jun 8 2002
By Lawyeraau - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Summit Fever (Hardcover)
Imagine yourself, armchair climber that you invariably are, being invited by a well respected mountaineer to join an expedition to the Karakoram Himalayas to write a book about the experience. What would you do?Well, if you are like Andrew Greig, notwithstanding lack of climbing experience, you find the invitation hard to resist, especially since the mountaineer who invites you, Mal Duff, is personally willing to put you through the paces on some of the local peaks to help you get into the groove of climbing. Before you know it, you find yourself on expedition in the Karakoram Himalayas headed to the Mustagh Tower.
This book is the author's account of how he found himself on a high altitude climbing expedition, what he did to train and get in shape for it, what he did when he got there, and what his perceptions were, as a former arm chair climber, of the expedition experience and climbing at high altitude.
His account is gritty, realistic, and he tells it the way he sees it, warts and all. Well written, though narrow in scope, it celebrates the roller coaster existence of being on a real live adventure ride that is the lot of expeditioners everywhere.
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