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'The wild side of mountaineering ... this is writing of power and originality'
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This extraordinary book by self proclaimed non-climber Al Alvarez captures the life of one of the Birtish climbing community's best know but non-famous charactors. Mo Anthoine's life through the great climbing era of the 60's and 70's is described in beautifully vivid detail, captured like few climbing authors ever have. From Mo's discovery of climbing in his teens and subsequent hitch hike to New Zealand on £35, to his long and successful business association with Jo Brown; from great Himalayan adventures with Scott and Bonnington to Hollywood film and TV stunt double, Alvarez records the wit, anarchism, generosity, physical power and inner strength of a man driven to 'feeding the rat' like few others.
This new edition is extended with an epilogue that records the untimely death of a man who brought life and humour to British climbing. I never knew him. Once I'd finshed the book I felt like I did and that I was going to miss him too.
This new edition is extended with an epilogue that records the untimely death of a man who brought life and humour to British climbing. I never knew him. Once I'd finshed the book I felt like I did and that I was going to miss him too.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This subtle and exquisitely well-written memoir of one of the most fascinating characters from the community of British climbing deserves the widest acclaim. Forget your Joe Simpsons and Chris Boningtons - Mo Anthoine was the real thing, doing the sport for the love of it, deflating the pretensions of the pompous, climbing with the best, never boasting or bullshitting or giving in to the clouds of gloom other writers like to hang around the scene, just laughing all the way. Alvarez does him justice, gets right to the heart of the man, and in doing so, to the heart of the sport itself. It reminds me of that last scene in The Wild Bunch - the old-timer and the grizzled survivor sitting there outside the stockade roaring with laughter. In its understated way, it's one of the classics of mountain literature. And unlike Joe Simpson, Alvarez sure can write..!
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This is a great and dare I say 'classic' British climbing book. In today's world where celebrity culture is king, it is refreshing to read a true story about one of the UK's great, yet, modest and relatively unknown climbers. Mo Anthoine was one of the characters of the British climbing scene in the 1960s, 1970s and into the 1980s. This book is a simple story, well told and easy to read. There are no pretentsions, so common in modern mountain literature, and it is better for it. Worthwhile.
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