书目

Eiger Dreams

内容简介

NoonewritesaboutmountaineeringanditsattendantvictoriesandhardshipsmorebrilliantlythanJonKrakauer.Inthiscollectionofhisfinestessaysandreporting,KrakauerwritesofmountainsfromthememorableperspectiveofonewhohashimselfstruggledwithsolomadnesstoscaleAlaska'snotoriousDevilsThumb.InPakistan,thefearsomeK2killsthirteenoftheworld'smostexperiencedmountainclimbersinonehorrificsummer.InValdez,Alaska,twomenscaleafrozenwaterfalloverafour-hundred-footdrop.InFrance,ahipinternationalcrowdofrockclimbers,bungeejumpers,andparaglidersfigureoutnewwaystorisktheirlivesonthetoweringpeaksofMontBlanc.Whydotheydoit?Howdotheydoit?Inthisextraordinarybook,Krakauerpresentsanunusualfraternityofdaredevils,athletes,andmisfitsstretchingthelimitsofthepossible.Fromtheparanoidconfinesofasnowboundtent,tothethunderous,suffocatingterrorofawhite-outonMountMcKinley,EigerDreamsspinstalesofdrivenlives,suddendeaths,andincrediblevictories.Thisisastirring,vividbookaboutoneofthemostcompellinganddangerousofallhumanpursuits.

作者简介

JonKrakauer(bornApril12,1954)isanAmericanwriterandmountaineer,primarilyknownforhiswritingabouttheoutdoorsandmountain-climbing.Heistheauthorofbest-sellingnon-fictionbooks–IntotheWild,IntoThinAir,UndertheBannerofHeaven,andWhereMenWinGlory:TheOdysseyofPatTillman–aswellasnumerousmagazinearticles.

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