A review by timgrubbs
The White Road by Sarah Lotz

4.0

What’s more important…the journey, the destination, or the toll it takes on your mind and body?

The White Road by Sarah Lotz is a mountain climbing thriller set on one of the tallest mountains on earth.

Simon is a wannabe adventurer who goes to creepy places and gets video of things that he can post on his website for clout or fame or whatever…until a cave dive nearly ends his life…

After surviving the Cwm Pot Cave in Wales, Simon is troubled over what to do next…when his business partner suggests a climb up Everest “the highest graveyard on earth” (again…to get video or photos of corpses hopefully).

What follows is a trek into some of the most dangerous terrain on earth aided by a climbing team and along with other amateur climbers…but what they will find is something else entirely…

As they tried he up the snow of Everest and learn about a lost climber from over a decade ago (one whose corpse was only recently rediscovered), Simon sees the chance to get some unique footage…

All it’ll cost him is a point of flesh, a little bit of his soul, his humanity, and his sanity…

This is a really good book to read during cold weather…