Rowell admirably produces a decent expedition book from very little material. Lavishly interspersed with swathes of colour photographs and dotted with Black & White photos within the text, the book is then padded out with long recycled passages of historical detail. This is the first real bare-all climbing account where the tradition of being tight-lipped is broken with and the internal strife and aggravation is laid out for all to see. ( )

One of very few mountaineering books with an actual story to tell. Well written, really lets you into the climber's heads. No sugarcoating here. Well recommended. ( )