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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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October 10, 2017 by Ellesfena 3 Comments

I’ll never forget the first time I read Into Thin Air. It was about 10 years ago, and I held my breath for most of the second half. Even today, after reading it probably four or five times, it’s an incredibly exciting experience that is exactly what reading is supposed to be about–taking you places you’ll never be able to go yourself. This time, after finishing it, I decided to read The Climb for the first time. Both books are about the same thing: the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: anatoli boukreev, Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest, mountain climbing, sherpa

Ellesfena's CBR9 Review No:47 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: anatoli boukreev, Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest, mountain climbing, sherpa ·
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