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Kissing Kilimanjaro: Leaving It All On Top Of Africa (2010)

by Daniel Dorr(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1594853703 (ISBN13: 9781594853708)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Mountaineers Books

review 1: Worst book I've attempted to read in a long time. Poorly written, douchey guy, blah. Samples of the writing: "All the victims had been underdressed for the harsh and constantly changing weather. This was a serious reminder to us that we were climbing a mountain""I was slowly realizing a little secret the mountaineer-writer Jon Krakauer never mentions: mountain climbing is actually pretty boring. At its core it's just hours and days of walking uphill""This was his job, his office. He could find his way up the mountain as easily as I could find my way to the candy machine at work."
review 2: Props for being brutally honest about how difficult the altitude was to bear above 15,000 ft and for so lovingly portraying his soon-to-be wife. The climb portions of the bo... moreok were interesting – but it’s only about 1/3 of the book. The rest of the book is kind of a tough slog. Perhaps this is intentional to mirror how tedious and dull (according to him) the summit climb is? Too many petty details and recalled inane conversations. He’s not particularly kind about his climbing companions, especially on the second summit attempt, when their worst betrayals seem to be that they were faster climbers than him. The author is sometimes frank about how his ego gets the best of him and it shows – and drags down this book as a result. less

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