Publisher's Synopsis
Avalanches, lightning on mountaintops, high-altitude diseases, grizzly bears, the unpredictability of people under extreme stress, hypothermia and even exploding volcanoes are some of the "rocky horrors" described in these refreshingly unconventional, hilarious and unpretentious tales of climbing, travel, culture and adventure. Peter Austen shows that the journey is at least as important as reaching the summit. Totally successful trips, where nothing life-threatening happens, are fine for guidebooks, but it is the sometimes unavoidable errors and accidents that make for gripping reading.
