Musings on Spiritual Matters

Every day I am reminded of the beauty of the mountains living in Castle Rock, Colorado.  During some surfing on Amazon.com, I ran across this book about climbing the 14 highest mountains in the world.  These mountains are all over 26,000 feet.  The man who accomplished this task is Ed Viesturs, who was the first American to ever complete the goal.  The book chronicles his journey up and down the Goliath mountains.  The book is an excellent read that causes the pages to be pushed forward at a rapid pace.  The story is interesting and excellent.  This accomplish is amazing on all facets because of the danger that is involved in climbing these peaks.  Every mountain has a story and a lot of the mountains tell cruel stories of death and destruction, but through the narrative Ed continues to continue.  He was a smart climber, never going beyond his limits, except one frightful time on K2.  He learned a valuable lesson that day.  This was one of the best books that I have read recently.  I enjoyed the book so much that now I am motivated to climb a 14,000 feet mountains, the biggest ones in Colorado.  The mountain is Pike’s Peak.  The book also inspires people to accomplish their personal goals in life, whatever that goal is it can be summited.

Related posts:

1. Review of “Beyond the Mountain”
2. Review of “Into Thin Air”
3. Review of “Touching the Void”
4. Review of “K2″
5. Review of “Eiger Dreams”

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