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Title: Not that great of a read
Review: I finally burned through this book seeing it to the end. Peter is a decent enough person who has led a difficult life. The tragic loss of his mother is obviously a heavy burden to bear and over rides a lot of this book, as is his father's giant presence and shadow. Essentially though the premise of the entire expedition was flawed by the bad judgement of not really knowing his companions - and going only with two others. In the world of expeditions - three is a bad number. I know from experience. Hillary seems to shrug off his responsibility here and puts it on the others. In general a mediocre book.
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