- Paperback: 281 pages
- Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd; New edition edition (15 Nov 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0862417422
- ISBN-13: 978-0862417420
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 649,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is an account of the successful ascent of the Mustagh Tower in 1984 by previously little-known British climbers, and a description of the author's own feelings and experiences as a novice climber on a full-blown Himalayan expedition. The reader follows him through his preparations, the problems of adjustment, the last-minute negotiation of financial and bureaucratic obstacles, the joys and hazards of the approach route from Rawalpindi through Baltistan. The book depicts the stark and hostile beauty of the highest mountain range in the world, as well as the warm fellowship at Base Camp and above. Andrew Greig gives portraits of the members of the team, going some way towards answering the inevitable questions of why climbers climb. Andrew Greig is the author of "Men on Ice", "Kingdoms of Experience" and "The Return of John Macnab".
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Great expedition book,
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This review is from: Summit Fever: An Armchair Climber's Initiation to Glencoe, Mortal Terror and the Himalayan Matterhorn (Paperback)
This book is a gem. A really good expedition book, and one of the best I've read in this genre, and goodness knows I've read enough of them. As the blurb says, Andrew Greig is a writer who climbs rather than a climber who writes. So he's not afraid to include honest accounts of relationships in the group; ups and downs. And his accounts of the climb are great, as well as his appreciation of local people and landscapes. A poet's book. Read his poems too!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Absolutely magnificent!,
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This review is from: Summit Fever (Paperback)
A wonderfull account of all the different perspectives on climbing by different people. Beautifully written, witty and a story that takes you right there. One feels part of the whole expedition, just as if sitting by the radio. As a reader you feel that you know the climbers and get to care about all of them. A moving introduction by Joe Simpson also adds to the book. It made me all feel alive.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Enthralling acount of a himalayan expedition,
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This review is from: Summit Fever (Paperback)
Thoroughly enjoyable book, even for a non climber. Greig brings his outsiders eye, and beautiful language to an account of the climbing of Mustagh Tower. Anyone who has ever looked at a peak and wanted to be there will enjoy this.
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