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Book By: Dick Bass, Rick Ridgeway, Frank Wells

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Sales Rank: 79,548; Release Date: 01 November, 1988; Media: Paperback

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Average Rating: Rating: - Pretty good personal achievement book I too read "Into Thin Air" and then read this book. "Seven Summits" is more about the personal achievements and personal dreams of Bass and Wells than about the details of the Everest climb of "Into Thin Air". Even though Bass and Wells were rich guys, they did give up a couple of years of their lives while their personal business futures were far from certain. In other words, I don't think Bass and Wells were a couple of spoiled boys by any means. But they did have the guts (and financial means) to leave their families and risk their lives for a once-in-a-life-time challenge. In my opinion, the writing style is only so-so (no James Michener here), but it is easy reading. Rating: - What an adventure As I read this book, I was struck by the thought that perhaps Frank and Dick had no business going to these mountains to try to climb them. But as I read on, I was caught up in Dick's attitude, willpower and energy. It then struck me just how much he DID deserve to be there, if for no other reason than to support the idea that a dedicated amateur with a true climber's spirit (if not skill) should always have a place on an expedition. I'm sure that there are professional climbers who disagree, but some (like Marty Hoey and Rick Ridgeway) seemed to have felt he belonged. What is also entertaining is that in the years following Dick's achievement, "true" climbers have tried some revisionist history by claiming that some other Pacific Rim peak is the true seventh summit, even though it is in Asia, NOT in Australia (which, if my atlas is correct, is still actually a separate continent). I say give Dick the credit he is due. I know that I would love to meet him, if only to high five him and pat him on the back. Rating: - Not inspiring Not inspiring at all! I have to echo the sentiments of some of the previous reviewers, it reads more like what money can buy for a bunch of insufferably boring CEO's. And the author, should have got a better editor and concentrated more on the climbs rather than glorifying Bass & Wells. For truly inspiring and touching mountaineering books, read Into Thin Air or Touching The Void. I should have really been forewarned given that Clint Eastwood, recommends the book.(At least on the cover of my book). Although, to Bass's credit, its extremely cool that he managed to climb these after he was 50.

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