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dmdoeslife's review against another edition
4.0
The first 1/3 was a little slow but the storyline picked up in the second half. Reading books like this always renews my respect for Mother Earth and her irrefutable power.
autumn_franks_03's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
3.25
drmarti's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
5.0
mccormickcy's review against another edition
4.0
This story of a climbing disaster back in 1967 was an entertaining and educational read. It makes me never want to climb a snow covered mountain!
maddy_11's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.5
murfmonkey's review
3.0
This was a good, quick read about a climbing party that got stuck high up on Denali in the mother of all storms. It lasted for seven days and by the end 7 of the climbers died. The writing is okay, nothing special, the story is okay, perhaps if the author had delved more into the backgrounds of the climbers the reader would find them more sympathetic. As it is, they are more like cardboard characters because the reader doesn't really know much about them. One of my hobbies is reading books like this, so I enjoyed it, but its not as good as, for instance, "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer.
psychohobbit's review
5.0
This is a quick read that kept me fascinated throughout the book about a mountain climbing disaster that happened in 1967. Unlike today's mountain-climbing 'tourism' this group had no sherpas (well, it is Alaska)and no paying customers--just a group of basically young men who intended to climb Denali. Although young, they were trained. It's just that the weather went terribly wrong on their climb. The explanations are easy to understand. The author was a young boy who lived there when it happened so it's understandable that it's held a special fascination for him. He's done a stellar job providing a balanced narrative about the climb and what happened, at least as much can be known. To fully round out the tale, he also did a great follow up of what happened to those discussed in the book. In addition to those who participated in and perished in the 1967 climb, the book identifies that some of the 'rescuers' also met their ends in avalanches and mountains so it's not really a matter of lack of expertise because obviously the experts can have bad events befall them too. To me, this is the perfect summer read.
amerynth's review
3.0
Andy Hall's book "Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak" was an OK book about the 1967 mountaineering tragedy when seven climbers were lost while attempting to summit Alaska's highest peak. The book is a fine summary of the expedition, its mountaineers and the disastrous climb.
codeliusthe2nd's review against another edition
5.0
A wildly compelling story of survival, and ultimately, tragedy. Having already heard the entirety of this story, I didn’t learn much else from this book, but it still made for such an interesting read. As someone who likely will never attempt to climb any mountain, I can live vicariously through these accounts, even if they don’t end in the best of ways.