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Die Trying: One Man's Quest to Conquer the Seven Summits by Bo Parfet

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3.0

Oh dear, this was entertaining to read, but what a litany of horrific experiences. This guy has to be completely off the charts nuts to have gone through these ordeals and still keep clamoring for more. I do sort of feel inadequate, though, because apparently unless you have almost drowned while trapped underwater by a tree, been held at gunpoint by soldiers as you sneak through a military outpost, spun helplessly in an ice crevasse, watched companions die, suffered hypoxia at 28,000 feet, slept outside in forty below, had explosive diarrhea in what has been voted "The worst outhouse in the world", etc etc ETC....you, according to Bo, HAVE NOT LIVED. Whatever. Tell you what, you do it, Bo, I'll get some iced tea and read about it and we'll both be happy.
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