Addicted to Danger: A Memoir About Affirming Life in the Face of Death

by Jim Wickwire, Dorothy Bullitt

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A high-altitude mountaineer recounts his exploits among the world's highest peaks, including his climbing of K2, his terrifying rendezvous with death, and his addiction to danger.

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3 reviews
Best climbing book to show the selfishness of climbers.
Good book since it doesn't only show what he climbed (and even that in a highly detached, even unimaginative style lacking captivating details) but why he needed to climb.
Other biographical sections would better have been left out!
The book provides enough action and mountaineering exploits to keep you engaged. I am a mountaineer and ice climber and read quite a few of these types of books. One thing the book did was paint a very negative profile of the author as being self serving and selfish. For someone who did as much travelling as he did I suppose a personality like that is part of the profile. It just seemed to be a big part of the book as though he was desperately trying to explain his point of view to the reader or most likely his wife and family.
Great book from a mountaineer I have been following locally for a long while. Not the edge of the chair reading, but enjoyable.
½

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People/Characters
Jim Wickwire; John Roskelley
Important places
Mount Everest / Sagarmatha; Himalayas; K2; Karakoram; Denali
Dedication
To Mary Lou and Anne, Cathy, Susie, Bob and David
First words
We moved down the Peters Glacier slowly, a sled between us loaded heavy with supplies.
Quotations
A man who has been in danger, when he comes out of it forgets his fears, and sometimes forgets his promises. Euripides
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I am still catching up.

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Genres
Sports and Leisure, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
796.522092Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsAthletic and outdoor sports and gamesOutdoor leisureWalking and exploring by kind of terrainMountains, hills and rocksstandard subdivisionsHistory, geographic treatment, biography
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GV199.92 .W52 .A3Geography, Anthropology and RecreationRecreation. LeisureRecreation. Leisure
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Languages
English
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
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