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# The Chomolungma Diaries: Climbing Mount Everest with a commercial expedition (Footsteps on the Mountain Diaries)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Exciting story of an amateur climber taking on Everest
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2014*

In 2012 Mark Horrell takes us along on his trek up Everest with a commercial climbing expedition.  Even though he has a significant advantage compared to the early Everest explorers -- such as safety lines all along the route and an experienced Sherpa looking after him -- the grueling ordeal still takes everything he has, and the narration just about left me gasping for oxygen along with him.  He does a great job of making the danger of the undertaking very clear and real -- 2012 was a deadly year on Everest and Horrell's encounters with people who don't survive the attempt brings home the tragedy of these failures.My quibbles with the book are minor and easy to work around.  Climbing Everest is a much more complex undertaking than “Climb to the top, climb back down,” and Horrell never really explains the plans ahead of time.  I highly recommend that you do a quick web search (something such as “Everest north face route”) before getting too far into the book to get a quick overview of what’s ahead.  On YouTube you can find a 3D simulation of the entire route, which will give you an excellent appreciation for what Horrell is attempting.  I kept a map of the route handy while reading and found it very useful.My other quibble is that Horrell occasionally uses climbing terms without explanation, such as jumar (a rope-climbing device) and serac (a column of glacial ice).  This casual use of terms that a non-climber probably won’t know is probably a consequence of the book being written as a diary.  The use of these terms without explanation would have been a bit more annoying in a printed book, but thankfully the Kindle dictionary was always there with a definition.A final tip for the reader:  The book contains some photos, but it turns out that Horrell’s web site has a large collection of his photos (from his Everest trip and others), and thankfully his Everest photos are organized into sections that parallel the book pretty well.  Sadly I didn’t discover this fact until late in the book -- it would have been nice to read about a part of his trek and then check out his photos on his web site.  The web site address is in the back of the book, and you want the 2012 Everest photos.  They’ll add a lot to your enjoyment of the book.Despite the minor quibbles, this was a very enjoyable and exciting read, and I had a hard time putting it down.  I highly recommend it.  The essence of the book is contained in a line spoken by one of Horrell’s fellow climbers, Ian, beaten and spent after his ordeal:  "I don't think I respected Everest enough before," he says, "but I do now."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good Writing, Easy Reading
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2013*

Mark Horrell writes a very readable account of his successful climb of Mt Everest in 2012. Their teams starts off in Kathmandu and makes the overland journey to Tibet to climb the mountain from the north. From the start, the reader may be misled into thinking that this is some parody of sorts. Horrell is funny and is able to derive humour out of every unpleasant situation in the mountains. However, he soon gets serious with his day to day, blow by blow account of the events. Still, I can't help wondering how much beer their team actually brought to Base Camp.Horrell goes in great detail describing their long and tedious acclimatisation climbs. To his credit, he does so without boring the reader.  When the narrow window is found and the team gets ready for the summit push, Horrell seems to forget how to be funny and details his difficult and dangerous struggle up the North Col, First Step, Second Step, Summit Ridge etc.The action doesn't end there. Unlike most books in this genre that merely skims over the descent, Horrells recounts the many dangerous moments he had while trying to get off the mountain alive, under the watchful eye of his personal Sherpa Changba who has climbed the mountain 12 times.There are quite a number of dead bodies the author encountered on his climb. The one that bugs him most is an irrational climber he ran into on his descent. Horrell dedicates this him. Ridden with guilt, he wonders if that climber could have survived if he had advised him to turn around.Overall, it is a highly readable book. However, I skipped chunks at the end as the author described how totally drained and humourless he was when he reached Base Camp.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great adventure writing
  

*by M***H on Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2013*

I really enjoyed reading the travel diary "The Chomolungma Diaries".  I have read many mountain climbing adventure books and spent much more on them, but this compares readily with any other expedition novels I have enjoyed.  Mark is a very engaging writer: honest, humorous, with wonderful descriptions of the environment and captivating tales of the trails.  He lets you feel like you are traveling along with him, going on an adventure with a regular guy (although obviously he is an accomplished climber, hiker and athlete).  I plan to buy and read whatever he writes in the future.  I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good travel story.

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