| #621419 in Books | MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS | 1993-09-30 | 1993-09-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.54 x5.51l,.71 | File type: PDF | 256 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| honest, informed and compelling reading|By Michael Meadows|Greg Child hides nothing in his finely crafted stories of life on the heights. I am sure that all climbers who read this collection identify with his commanding articulation of thoughts that have crossed all of our minds whether we climb into the death zone or remain on the sunny lowland crags of Australia. For non-clim||Greg Child inhabits a rarefied world: he is as gifted an observer and a writer as he is a mountaineer. (John Harlin, Editor, Summit)
Greg Child is the pre-eminent climbing writer of his generation. His prose - fluid, sensitive, and evocative
* Includes five previously unpublished essays
* Powerful prose sparked with Child's unique wit
Well-known for his Himalayan expeditions and first ascents on rock walls in Australia and the United States, Greg Child freely admits his mixed feelings about climbing. Overwhelming are the loss of friends, the thrill of achievement, and the soul-shattering moments of risk and survival; but it is precisely these experiences that compel hi...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child | Greg Child. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
