The Walk Up Nameless Ridge
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00D4BN5IG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
All have failed. To be remembered forever can be its own curse.. This climbing season finds three teams making their bid up this murderous peak. On planet Eno, there stands a mountain that has never been summited. There are fates worse than obscurity. Many have tried. And one man among them will discover these ugly truths: There are fates worse than death
Amazon Customer said Putting the Puzzle Together. I'm a sucker for man vs mountain stories, and Hugh's story rang true in that regard. There was a bit of Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" to the tale. The elements of technology needed to make the universal ascent of a lifetime were related quickly and concisely, not overdone (thank goodness!)The story is a quickly and tightly told tale that checks all the boxeshowever, at the end, I felt as though I missed something vital. That there was something I was meant to understand. M. Kirk said Because it is there. The tallest mountain in the universe. Who could resist?Hugh Howey squeezed a lot of story into very few pages. All told, this release took me about "Because it is there" according to M. Kirk. The tallest mountain in the universe. Who could resist?Hugh Howey squeezed a lot of story into very few pages. All told, this release took me about 20 minutes to read. The upside, it was fun to read it again the next day.You might ask, "Is a book this spare worth $.99?". I can only say I would damn near pay a dollar to read Hugh Howey's grocery list. He is that good.. 0 minutes to read. The upside, it was fun to read it again the next day.You might ask, "Is a book this spare worth $.99?". I can only say I would damn near pay a dollar to read Hugh Howey's grocery list. He is that good.. J. Chambers said History remembers the first, and only the first. The story takes place in a future where interstellar travel is an everyday activity. The narrator and his climbing partner, Hanson, have journeyed to far-off planet Eno to attempt to summit Mt. Mallory, the highest unclimbed mountain in the known universe. It's more than twice as high as Earth's Mt. Everest. The stakes were very high - the first person to make the summit would be famous, but many had already died in the attempt.It's a fast-paced, suspenseful story that r