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The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm (Paperback)

by Matt Dickinson (Author), Philip Turner (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) (May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0812933400
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812933406
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 474,901 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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GREAT REVIEWS FOR MATT DICKINSON's EVEREST
"Although Dickinson's work follows in the tracks of Jon Krakauer's INTO THIN AIR and Anatoli Boukreev's THE CLIMB, it is anything but a 'me too' book about climbing Mt. Everest during the spring of 1996 ... Dickinson has his own story to tell, and he tells it very well.... [H]is descriptions of climbing are careful and informative, taking nothing for granted. His forceful narrative makes a worthy addition to the growing Everest library." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review!)

"Dickinson's book reads like a thriller, pacy and exciting, giving a good flavour of the sublime misery of climbing at extreme altitude. It is a real page-turner ... fresh and vivid." --Guardian

"Gripping." --The Sunday Times (London)

"[His] excitement at being there is infectious." --Times Literary Supplement

"This is a gripping account of filming--and surviving--in the death zone." --Mail on Sunday --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dickinson makes you feel like you're on the mountain!, 4 May 1999
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This review is from: The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm (Hardcover)
Matt Dickinson's book took me by surprise--he reallly makes you feel like you're on Mount Everest. The piercing cold, the loss of oxygen, rusty equipment and frayed ropes: it's amazing climbing. He doesn't try to figure out why the deaths happened or place blame on anyone for the tragedy of the 1996 storm. He just tells a really great story about how his team survived it and how he, though he was not that experienced, made it all the way to the top. And the North Side is even more challenging than the South! That's where Mallory & Irvine may have first reached the summit and now they found Mallory's body. Dicksinson's takes you there -- you can't imagine how Mallory could have done it. This book is one that adventure lovers shouldn't miss.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars a rip off, 2 Mar 2004
By S. Dockrell "sdockrell" (Bedfordshire) - See all my reviews
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If you have read 'The Death Zone' by Matt Dickinson, don't bother buying this, its exactly the same, just a new title. Save your money
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3.0 out of 5 stars a compelling tale of high altitude survival, 14 Sep 2008
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This review is from: The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm (Hardcover)
At face value this book appears to have it all drama,death and survival.However on closer inspection Matt Dickinson shows the sort of extreme selfishness required to summit Mount Everest and instead of being in awe of him I have pity for him and his family.The emotional sacrifice is just too much to expect anyones family to deal with.The much maligned incident where the Japanese team walked past the dying Indians while on the surface appears callous , what could they have been expected to do ? Anyone who is familiar with the physiological implications of being in the death zone will know there can be no rescue without endangering the lives of countless others.If you choose to attempt to summit Everest you may very well die in the process .... FACT.Overall though Dickinson gives the reader an informative compelling read ,by no means a bad book but there are better accounts of the killer stom of 1996 out there .
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5.0 out of 5 stars KILLER STORM...KILLER STORY
This is a gripping account of the deadly storm that engulfed Mt. Everest in May 1996 and left a trail of dead bodies in its wake on the south face of the mountain. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2001 by Lawyeraau

5.0 out of 5 stars AThe one book that stands out in the everest department
This book is a wonderful example of one mans struggles to reach the summit of Everest and his own personnel goals.
Published on 22 April 2000

2.0 out of 5 stars Good, but no Into Thin Air
Compared to Into Thin Air this book is disapointing. Compared to The Climb this book is a little better. There's just no passion comming through from the Author. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Read but "Over the top"
This book was a good read, an exciting story and the author is a likeable protagonist.

But the author spends so much effort detailing his physical challenges, impediments and... Read more

Published on 17 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars A spellbinding book by a man with great heart & courage.
This book, more than any I have read about climbing Everest, conveys the sense of being there--it gives the reader a feeling of climbing along side. Read more
Published on 3 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars An Everest classic!
I thouroughly enjoyed this book. The only other book of its kind I have read is Into Thin Air, and this was just as good. Read more
Published on 21 Jul 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Great follow up to 1996 tragedy
I just finished reading this account of Matt's heroic climb from the North side as the tragedy was unfolding on the South side of Everest. Read more
Published on 7 Jul 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars What a fantastic book!
This book starts a little slowly, but then it takes off and never looks back. Written by a man who never dreamed he would stand on top of mount Everest, he tels it like it was... Read more
Published on 5 Jul 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best
I thought Matt Dickenson's book is the most honest of the books about the 96 tragedy. Because it is from an "outsiders" opinion it is not influenced by bias and makes... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Where Do You Go From the Top Of the World?
Since my wife won't let me mortgage my house, and deprive my kids of their college education, I have to live vicareously through these high mountain adventures. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 1999

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