content: Like many, I bought this book shortly after seeing the film of the same title. After reading it twice, I'd rank it with Krakauer's Into Thin Air, and Junger's The Perfect Storm as one of the most interesting adventure-novels-that-actually-happened.Now, many years after having read the novel, I find myself remembering certain events in the book with remarkable clarity. For example, I like to backpack throughout the US. After a week of hiking through the Rocky Mountains eating nothing but camp fare, I could relate to the epiphany of tasting toothpaste. There are numerous little details in recollecting a story such as this, that make the novel so memorable.