Book Review - Eiger Dreams

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and MountainsEiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains by Jon Krakauer

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An outdoorsy buddy of mine at work loaned me this collection of stories by Krakauer. I still admit I don't get the whole mountain climbing thing but I found all of the tales interesting and some of the characters fascinating. There's a lot of history and geography, some of it even close to home in Arizona.



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