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| Author | Jon Krakauer |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Collection of essays |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Lyons Press |
Publication date | 1990 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, e-book |
| Pages | 189 pp. |
| ISBN | 0-385-48818-1 |
| Followed by | Into the Wild |
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains is anon-fiction collection ofarticles andessays byJon Krakauer onmountaineering androck climbing. Eleven out of twelve of the chapters were initially published between 1982 and 1989 in the magazinesOutside,Smithsonian, andNew Age Journal.
It concerns a variety of topics, from ascending theEigerNordwand in theSwiss Alps,Denali inAlaska orK2 in theKarakoram, to the well-knownrock climbers Jon Krakauer has met on his trips, such asJohn Gill,Adrian Popovich or the Burgess brothers.
Recommending it for adventure collections for young adults, a 1990 review inSchool Library Journal said, "No one picking up this book will remain indifferent to the awesome splendor of the peaks or the sheer determination of the people who, with only tiny crampon points and small ice axes, tackle climbing them in spite of blizzards, frostbite, terror of glacial crevasses, and avalanches."[1] The review also noted that women played a very peripheral role in the expeditions and at base camp.[1]
