No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts… Product details and pricing info |
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48 Customer Reviews Posted
- Climb Your Mountains in Life.
- Every day I am reminded of the beauty of the mountains living in Castle Rock, Colorado. During some surfing on Amazon.com, I ran across this book about climbing the 14 highestmountains in the world. These mountains are all over 26,000 feet. The man who accomplished this task is Ed Viesturs, who was the first American to ever complete the goal. The book chronicles his journey up and down the Goliath mountains. The book is an excellent read that causes the pages to be pushed forward at a rapid pace. The story is interesting and excellent. This accomplish is amazing on all facets because of the danger that is involved in climbing these peaks. Every mountain has a story and a lot of the mountains tell cruel stories of death and destruction, but through the narrative Ed continues to continue. He was a smart climber, never going beyond his limits, except one frightful time on K2. He learned a valuable lesson that day. This was one of the best books that I have read recently. I enjoyed the book so much that now I am motivated to climb a 14,000 feet mountains, the biggest ones in Colorado. The mountain is Pike's Peak. The book also inspires people to accomplish their personal goals in life, whatever that goal is it can be summited.
- 2009-01-05, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Endeavor 8000 review
- This book is exciting to read. Ed provides a lot of personal info that really allows the reader to feel that he or she is with him every step of the way. Ed is truly an inspiration, and an American hero.
- 2008-12-30, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- No Shortcuts -
- Ed's feat is quite an amazing accomplishment, but the book tended to jump around a bit, breaking the continuity.
- 2008-12-18, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great story with interesting behind-the-scenes details
- This is a fascinating story of an amazing quest. Besides the usual climbing heroics, close calls, and tragedies, I found the personal story of Viesturs' evolution wonderful. The story is very well told and we have Roberts to thank for that.
Even if you aren't that into mountaineering, you will love this book. - 2008-11-14, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- No shortcuts to the top
- Takes up where "Into thin air" leaves off. Explains the motivation and the dangers of climbing high.
- 2008-09-29, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
