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by Jon Krakauer

ISBN: 1558210571
ISBN13: 978-1558210578
Language: English
Publisher: Lyons Press; 1st edition (September 1, 1992)
Pages: 189
Category: Mountaineering
Subategory: Sport

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In Eiger Dreams, Krakauer does not display much talent in writing action scenes. Some authors can weave sentence structure and word choice together with action to make for a very exciting read. Krakauer is not one of them

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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains is a non-fiction collection of articles and essays by Jon Krakauer on mountaineering and rock climbing. Eleven out of twelve of the chapters were initially published between 1982 and 1989 in the magazines Outside, Smithsonian, and New Age Journal.

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Bad Sunny

I have read almost everything Krakauer has written and although mountaineering/ adventuring isn't something I plan on engaging in in real life, it is always fun to read about. This book is a series of short essays and most of them have been previously published in various outdoorsy magazines. I was expecting more about mountains and climbing (a la Into Thin Air) and was surprised that the articles in here run the gamut through various outdoor adventures. There are stories about boulder climbing, airplane flying, cities that make their living from adventurers, and of course a personal essay as well. Not what I was expecting, and not something I would find myself rereading ever, but certainly an interesting peak into this world that is so foreign to me. Overall most of the essays were not a subject that I would have thought to read about and I may not have bought if I had read the description more thoroughly. Probably not too interesting for people who live the life, but fun for non adventurers to dream.

Lamranilv

I was enthralled by Into Thin Air and enjoy Jon Krakauer's writing style. The reviews on Eiger Dreams were very good and I love being an armchair mountain climber, so I thought I would give Eiger Dreams a try. Unfortunately I found this collection of stores just so-so. Many of the stories include name-dropping of various famous climbers, which meant nothing to me since I am not a member of the climbing community. Same with some of the famous climbs and routes-as an outsider I just couldn't appreciate them. This book would probably be much more enjoyable to a knowledgeable climbing enthusiast.

xander

I liked Joh Krakauer's Into Thin Air ... 5 star so much I bought his Eiger Dreams. Joh Krakauer is a very good author.

Eiger dreams is 189 pages of good short stories about mountaineering and adventure. The book read well, kept the readers attention, some stress and excitement. No boring parts. I read it in 2 days.

We see twelve short stories of different people including at times Joh Krakauer planning and climbing different mountains, and smaller steep difficult climbs. Many of these people I never heard about but were legends in their different climbing practices like ice walls, waterfalls, steep pinnacles, 8000M peaks like K2 and Everest and more. A wide assortment of different climbing.

This is a good book for those wanting to read mountaineering adventure but don't have too much time. The reader can read a short story put the book down and come right back to a new and completely different adventure.

Into Thin Air INMO was little better but Eiger Dreams still a good book and proudly added to our family library. 4 1/3 stars

Mullador

This was my second Krakauer book. I enjoyed it as much as the first one. Each story is told with a lively journalistic while keeping climbing accuracy and thrilling. As a hiking amateur myself, reading thru Kakauer pages always reminds of my passion for walking up a peak: the sense of doing something out of the ordinary where no matter how hard you planed for it, the unespected is always a shadow ahead of you.

Golkis

This book is a collection of short articles in which Krakauer recounts his own climbing adventures and the adventures of other climbers. The subject is very exciting. In one story Krakauer tells the story of climbers marching head-on into delirium and exhaustion to reach the summit of K2. In another we learn of a legend who can scale vertical walls with handholds no larger than the heads of bolts. Additionally, Krakauer himself is an interesting character. I was both inspired with awe and impressed with his humility by his recollection of a solo climb he did on the Devil's Thumb. "On Being Tentbound" will resonate with anyone who has spent time on a mountain.

Unfortunately, Krakauer's prose often falls flat. The chapter "A Bad Summer on K2" feels like a series of accident reports. "Canyoneering" often reads like a geology textbook. In Eiger Dreams, Krakauer does not display much talent in writing action scenes. Some authors can weave sentence structure and word choice together with action to make for a very exciting read. Krakauer is not one of them. Whether he is detailing the shape of a climbing axe, or describing someone sliding to their death, his voice stays the same.

Ultimately, Eiger Dreams is saved by the fact that the subject is exciting and that Krakauer has first hand knowledge of it. This is an enjoyable book that will resonate strongly with anyone who has spent time in a survival situation.

Undeyn

What compels someone to undertake an endeavor in which death is a likely outcome? What perverse thrill impels someone to climb a sheer vertical wall of rock? To face sudden storms, blistering walls of wind and ice, conditions where you are not sure if you are awake or dreaming, where a sudden misstep might plunge you down a bottomless crevasse never to be heard from again? Jon Krakauer takes you on such an amazing journey onto some of the most inhospitable and yet sublimely beautiful places on Earth. His intensely crackling descriptions of not just the otherworldly locations, but the mind sets of those who set out to brave these places makes for a spectacularly riveting read. Highly recommended.

Dellevar

I hadn’t had the enjoyment of reading this earlier work of Jon Krakauer’s until now. As with his other writings this is a hard to put down book, a collection of articles that makes one feel as if you’re teetering on the precipice with him. Glad to read this in the safety of my apartment rather than in a blizzard thousands of feet up. Great book whether you’re into mountaineering or not.