steering away from the pure historical narrative of mountaineering and its implications of masculinity and imperialism, The White Spider provides us with a two in one punch of a book as it functions as a historical narrative of the Eiger and the many people that tragically died trying to climb this iconic mountain. It functions…
Week 5
Imperial Ascent Week 5
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This week’s readings focused heavily on the concept of males masculinity and its place within the mountaineering world in the post-modern era of America and Britain and how it ties into imperialist thinking in regards to native populations that inhabit the areas in which these expeditions took place. America at the turn of the 19th century…
Reading Response, Week 3
Week 3 Response
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My first impressions after reading Mountains of Minds is that Robert Macfarlane truly understands the sport of mountaineering and that he holds a pure passion for what mountains and the sport represent for not only himself but for people throughout history. I can honestly say that his imagery that he creates within his writing is powerful…
Reading Response, Week 2
Mount Analogue
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Before I began reading this book I fully expected to be reading a work of non-fiction. I was confused because of Daumal writing seemed to be coming from the first person perspective as it seemed he was writing about a biographical account of one of his mountain exploits. I was pleasantly surprised that this was indeed…