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Sto caricando le informazioni... Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disastersdi James M. Tabor
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Maybe even better than "Into Thin Air" but certainly just as good. And since there was no peak- bagging tourism back then (1967), greed cannot be blamed for the disaster which makes the villains of the piece all the more compelling. Since they refused to speak to the author, or broke off their interviews abruptly, that authenticates the author's account in my opinion. I think I must have read this before in book form or maybe I saw an article... regardless, this was a good audiobook. Great narrator, good story. I highly recommend this for anyone who like suspense and/or mountaineering drama. Not sure if I get all the insinuation about who was to blame for not doing - something that the author is hinting - but the story itself was excellent and a good listen. One negative is that the author tends to include a lot, a LOT, of side material: "...now's a good time to discuss [some other story]..." and it made it hard to track the main story sometimes. I enjoyed the second two-thirds of this book more than the first. The author writes quite well, though he is not quite as natural a wordsmith as some (no, I don't mean your's truly). I really did enjoy his style of prose with research, critical thinking and some humor interwoven together. The underlying theme seems to be that Washburn is the reason for much of what happened before, during and after the tragedy. If this is true - and it seems likely - why was Washburn not held accountable?
Tabor's exhaustive look at the doomed 1967 expedition to scale Alaska's Mt. McKinley is an often gripping, detailed account of the infamous climb that remains controversial. Only five of the 12-man team survived the ascent to the 20,320-foot summit, making it one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters in North America.... His writing about the brutal difficulties of climbing Mt. McKinley in subfreezing temperatures with hurricane-like wind in blizzard conditions is breathtaking, although he lapses into minutiae and repeats details, particularly regarding the accident's investigation. His profiles of the expedition's survivors 40 years later make for a strong conclusion to the book. Premi e riconoscimenti
In July 1967, seven young men--members of Joe Wilcox's twelve-man expedition--died on Mt. McKinley, North America's highest peak, stranded at 20,000 feet during a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed with no rescue attempt; the bodies were never recovered. And, for reasons that have remained cloudy, there was no proper official investigation. This book begins as a classic tale of men against nature, gambling--and losing--on one of the world's starkest and stormiest peaks. In lives lost, it was then history's third-worst mountaineering disaster--but elements of finger-pointing, incompetence, and coverup make this disaster unlike any other. Author Tabor draws on previously untapped sources, and consults not only mountaineers but also experts in disciplines including meteorology, forensics, and psychology. What results is the first full account of the tragedy that ended a golden age in mountaineering.--From publisher description. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I found this a very engaging read, but it probably isn't for everyone. It isn't quite as gripping as Into Thin Air, but has more of a tone of investigative journalism (think 60 Minutes). I just find it riveting to read about the challenges on the mountain and how the individual personalities handle them. One hard thing though was that with 12 men, it took some concentration to recall who was who - - some had the same first names.
This book really combines all the elements of an adventure, a mystery and a psychological thriller into one story. No stone was left unturned. A great piece of journalism and a great read!
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