| #788019 in Books | Random House | 2002-10-08 | 2002-10-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.70 x5.20l,.41 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | Enduring Patagonia||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| If good writing matters to you -- a lot -- then ...|By Melina Watts|If good writing matters to you -- a lot -- then whether you even like climbing or not is almost irrelevant as to whether you nab the book.
The writer's intense emotional connectivity to the mountains of Patagonia, his compulsion to make the climb, the relentless physical drive to make these climbs ha|From Publishers Weekly|Crouch, a West Point grad and army ranger, is the latest climber/journalist to try to capture the unseen heroics of those who reach the summits of the world's highest peaks. Instead of summitting familiar peaks, the author describes three
Patagonia is a strange and terrifying place, a vast tract of land shared by Argentina and Chile where the violent weather spawned over the southern Pacific charges through the Andes with gale-force winds, roaring clouds, and stinging snow. Squarely athwart the latitudes known to sailors as the roaring forties and furious fifties, Patagonia is a land trapped between angry torrents of sea and sky, a place that has fascinated explorers and writers for centurie...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Enduring Patagonia | Gregory Crouch.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.