That's just fine with us, Joe. No more mountaineering means more time to write! I came to your writing in a round-about way through Krakauer, but soon found its quality eclipsed his own. He's a talented writer, no doubt, and seems like a great guy, but I agreed with your indictment of his version of some the events on Everest in 96'. Having read his account before I read The Beckoning Silence, I had actually asked myself some of the same questions that you addressed.
That's just fine with us, Joe. No more mountaineering means more time to write! I came to your writing in a round-about way through Krakauer, but soon found its quality eclipsed his own. He's a talented writer, no doubt, and seems like a great guy, but I agreed with your indictment of his version of some the events on Everest in 96'. Having read his account before I read The Beckoning Silence, I had actually asked myself some of the same questions that you addressed.