Great book. Of course, have to like the genre, because we are talking about extreme mountain climbing. What intrigued me in my usual wandering in the library is the motivation of Steve House: writes that he thought the book answer for itself - "Why do you climb?". The most obvious question. House party from here to tell about himself and his love for the mountains.
The starting point is very special: the young by the U.S. House moves to Slovenia for a year of study abroad - here already understand the thirst for discovery that sets him apart, usually the path is the inverse . It was the year 1988. The difficulty with the Slovenian language and culture is passed, as if by magic, through attendance at an alpine club. Steve will find there his first teachers, leave for an expedition to Nanga Parbat: at nineteen assist the comrades go, but it will come at the end of the book, his turn to climb the wall of the largest Earth ushering in a new way.
House can tell is the mountains, is himself.
of mountaineering enthusiasts will find this book in great detail, technical descriptions of dizzying steps.
lovers investigation in humans (I put myself in this category) will find the lucid discussion of everything that exalts and storm the mountaineer joy and sorrow, life and death, inevitable companion of the sport. Not to mention the difficulty to shore up relations personal injuries that are able to cross without all the mountains that a climber "top" is on the road.
There is a value added tax, the House agrees with that Messner, Moro and other large: the rigor of climbing the mountain alpine style, ie without fixed ropes, no shipments of support, bringing back what it takes to survival. A choice taste almost mystical, religious, as I believe is right and sacred mountain for those who have made their life partner. Perhaps more than any other climber and writer, from House I realized the true meaning of choice. This figure suggested to me a thought to me, in my rush to attend to nature, and also in the mountains (low).
Why do we need to run, to large organizations? Basically when you decide to hike choosing mates, you load the backpacks, he expects the right time and you go. What's different in the race? Sure, there are occasions that let you see places you would not be organized without a race easy to visit, I think of my plans for Britain, for one thing. These questions are real, not rhetorical, which are perhaps a response to my choice for 2011, only self-managed and Trail competitions abroad.
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