Musings on Spiritual Matters

After reading theology book after theology book for a few months in preparation for the Theology in Ministry class, I was excited to read a light book about mountain climbing.  It has been a dream of mine to climb this mountain.  People call this a “everyman Everest.”  This is because you can climb it with no technical skills.  Not that climbing this peak is easy, any time you go up to over 19,000 feet, it is going to cause some pain.  People struggle climbing up to 14,000 feet, so adding 5000 more feet is going to hurt.  The author does an excellent job of making this book fun.  It was exciting to hear about his adventures.  He talks about the history of the peak, the place of African, the people of the land, and some about his heart.  He seemed to really connect with this culture.  You noticed yourself in reading this book, rooting for the guy.  He was just a average joe, but a good guy.  You seem to like him in the book, not because he is great, but because he is just a guy who tries to climb this huge peak.  It was a excellent adventure book and just what I needed after a couple months of theology.  I needed to know that there was still fresh air up high.

Related posts:

1. Review of “The Will to Climb”
2. Review of “No Shortcuts to the Top”
3. Review of “The Ledge”
4. Rock Climbing
5. Review of “Longs Peak”

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