A different outlook on Mountain Climbing!!

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	• Seven Summits Dick Bass, Frank Wells, ... Grand Central Publishing, 1988 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 37 reviews view larger image
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Inspiring and Entertaining Adventure Book

These are two men who followed their bliss and dared to live their dreams. Their adventures during their amazing quest was exciting reading and their human experience was truly inspiring. It has some wonderful photography and it is written in a style that is captivating. Recommended for those who want to share the positive moments of victory that there were so few of in an equally great but different book, "Into Thin Air".

A different outlook on Mountain Climbing!!

I really enjoyed this book, and despite it not being as descriptive as other Mountaineering books. If you take this as a story of two men who have little climbing experience achieve a goal of climbing the highest Mountains in each Continent, 7 summits in total. I found it an amazing book of self determination, motivation and true friendship.
Yes it is true, they couldn't have otherwise succeeded at this unless they had the money to do so, but the book never denies the reader that insight.
This booked had me routing for them from their first Everest adventure, I just wanted them to achieve their goals.
For those who are wanting a descriptive mountain climbing book this isn't for you, but those who want to read about a great challenging adventure over coming multiple diffculties this is an excellant read.

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A Great Read

I had a different take on the story than many of the previous reviewers. I never felt that Bass and Wells tried to hide their wealth or the fact that they were novice climbers. What I found most inspiring was the fact that they rarely let failure deter them. I'm sure true mountaneers will gain little from the book, but "outsiders" will gain a great deal of knowledge about the sport without having to interpret technical descriptions.

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A thrilling and inspirational odyssey of two men's climb to the top of the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. "A great adventure story, filled with heroics, tragedy, humor and ultimately the triumph of the human spirit."--Tom Brokaw. 32-page insert.

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