Everest (2015) Just in the nick of time! Hollywood has finally had their hack at the story of the 1996 disaster on Mt. Everest, and just in time for me to review it! The first pleasant surprise provided by this film was that it is not just Into thin Air rehashed and dramatized. The second nice surprise was…
Monthly Archives: April 2016
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A Fighting Heart (Seven Summits – Book Review)
by The Crooked Spoke •
Seven Summits – Dick Bass & Frank Wells with Rick Ridgeway (Rick Ridgeway wrote it, Dick Bass and Frank Wells were the major contributors of information) For the mountaineering reader who wants it all comes Seven Summits, the chronicle of Dick Bass’s endeavor to summit the tallest peak on each continent. You’ll get your dose of disaster…
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The Eiger Sanction
by Colton •
The Eiger Sanction, both directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, is one of those tacky classic action movies from the mid 1970’s. I chose this movie because I was looking for something cliché and cheesy, and in that endeavor, I succeeded. It was quite humorous each time there was a widely thrown punch followed by a poorly placed yet over exaggerated punching…
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No Picnic on Mount Kenya
by ahs •
Film Review
180º South Film Review
by mmg •
180º South, a documentary film about one mans journey, Jeff Johnson, to Patagonia in order to climb the mountain Corcovado and Cerro which was only previously summited by his long time hero Doug Tompkins in the 1960’s who stated when seeking to climb this mountain “We didn’t want to be apart of the military complex”. They believed thoroughly…
Book Review
No Way Down – Book Review
by Bryant Lymburn •
Book Review of “No Way Down” Bryant Lymburn Historically climbing has segregated certain peaks towards certain countries who possessed the drive and means to climb them. Mount Everest was segregated to British control, Annapurna to the French, Masherbrum to the Germans, and K2 to the Italians and Americans. Each of these 8000 meter peaks possess…
Film Review
The Wildest Dream – Film Review
by Bryant Lymburn •
Film Review of “The Wildest Dream” Bryant Lymburn For the film review I wanted to explore Mount Everest a explore further into the lives, equipment, and struggles that these early mountaineers faced battling against this great monolith. In doing so I came across the National Geographic film / documentary called “The Wildest Dream.” In this…
Book Review
The Climb By Anatoli Boukreev and Weston DeWalt Book Review
by mmg •
The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev and coauthored by Weston DeWalt seeks to present the Mount Everest disaster of 1996 through a different lens. With the help of the authorship Anatoli Boukreev and other members of Fischer’s Mountain Madness, the title of his company, seek to show their perspective of what occurred on the fateful day…
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The Mountains of My Life review
by mel •
The Mountains of My Life, written by Walter Bonatti is a 427 page memoir detailing his many ascents and the struggles to go with them, as well as the victories, and his emotions throughout the process of each. His climbing career was filled with many climbs including three North Face climbs on the Grandes Jorasses,…
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Nepal and the Gallatin Valley: Case studies in recreational access
by The Crooked Spoke •
Noah Bosworth HSTR 467 – History of Mountaineering Maggie Green May 6 (barely), 2016 Nepal and the Gallatin Valley: Case studies in recreational access For as long as people have owned property, they have disputed this property ownership and disagreed over ways to use it. These disputes take many forms: private land owners pitted against…