Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Everest
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 | Product Details: Paperback 304 pages Release Date: 23 March 2001 Publisher: Pan Books ISBN: 0330392263 Rating:   Sales Rank: 4471 | | Look for similar books by subject:
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| | Customer Reviews: Bear is Brilliant ! (03 January 2009)Bear Grylls has a writing talent equal to his incredible reputation for endurance and survival. This book, written when Bear was only 24, not only tells the story of his remarkable achievement at reaching the summit of Everest when he was just 23, it is written in a way that makes it difficult to put down from beginning to end. Always a modest man, Bear speaks from the heart throughout, constantly acknowledging the support of those who helped him attain his childhood dream of standing on the world's highest point. This book gives a marvellous insight into how incredibily hostile an environment awaits any prospective Everest climber. From the perils of hidden crevasses to the appalling lack of sanitation, Bear paints a vivid picture of life at altitudes that would be fatal to most. From time to time books are written by a gifted writer having experienced something very unique. This is one such book. Well done Bear. What an incrediable book. (30 December 2008)This book is a great insight to how tough climbing a mountain is and is a really good personal heart felt true story. I cannot recomend this beek enough, if you are looking at this because you have seen the Born survivor series you will not regret purchasing this beauty. Pretty good - but dwarfed by others in the genre (01 November 2008)If you like Bear then you'll like this book. He's obviously made of strong stuff and he has a story to tell but unfortunately he isn't really a writer and doesn't capture the real essence of high altitude mountaineering and its inherent risks as succinctly as other writers within the genre. The book holds its own but never grips in the same manner as Into Thin Air, The Climb or Forever On The Mountain (to give but 3 examples). It's a worthy addition to any mountain enthusiast's bookshelf but if you are looking for just one mountaineering book you'd walk past this one to get to others. couldn't put this down!! (29 April 2008)like the others i saw Bear on tv and thought heres someone with a good sense of humour and would make a brilliant uncle with his adventure stories, this book relates to much more than climbing Everest it could be paralleled to lifes struggles and your own personal Everest, what i took from it is that if you have the tenacity,determination and the burning desire to conquer something thats seems insurmountable it can be done, i liked Bears references to his faith (i am of no religion) but it struck me that if you have a belief it certainly will help get you through, good luck to him, this book left me wanting more Uncle Bears tales!! Response to Shotoff (18 July 2007)Shotoff - thankyou so much for your insightful review of this book. Unfortunately the only thing I learnt was that you should probably consider getting out more. Critisising the book as you did is ludicrous - this is not Pulitzer prize winning novel and nor does it make any pretence to be. It is simply a story of someone who has challenged himself to the extreme to achieve his dream. Pulling the book apart for grammar and criticising the climbing techniques of someone who climbed everest at 23 seems rather peculiar. Add to the the reference to him having been in the TA, when actually he spent 3 years in the SAS where he broke his back - only to then later take part in this climb - and your misguided comments become laughable. Take the book as it is intended and enjoy it - if you want a literary masterpiece then there's plenty of Chaucer around to keep you quiet for a good few years. | |
