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Title: Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber by Mark Twight ISBN: 0-89886-887-4 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very cool book.
Comment: This is an intense book. VERY INTENSE. In his forward, Twight challenges the reader directly when he says that he wants to make them think, think really HARD, about what he's writing. Twight expects the reader to put it down periodically to do that thinking. He succeeded. This book is an intensely personal perspective on climbing, the ethos of climbing, and the friendships of climbing. The stories are, sometimes, not easy to read -- I sometimes found myself re-reading parts of them just to make sure that I didn't miss anything. Later in the book, Twight indicates that the "Dr. Doom" persona that he put on was sometimes (maybe) overdone for the articles he wrote. Nonetheless, the feelings of anger and rage and the feeling that he just wants to climb his own way and to his own standards, without interference, appear completely genuine starting right from his quotes from his favorite punk rock songs. Adding to the level of interest are Twight's comments after every article where, with some experience and maybe mellowing of time, he adds some additional reflections on what the story meant to him then and now. (Note: This book won the 2001 Banff Mountain Book Award for Mountain Literature.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Literature Winner - 2001 Banff Mountain Book Festival
Comment: Mark Twight has been awarded the Banff Mountain Book Festival's 2001 'Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature' for 'Kiss or Kill'.
Jury member Dawson Stelfox says Kiss or Kill "is an insight into the mind of one of the great climbers of this generation."
Rating: 4
Summary: Very Twight
Comment: Long, long ago, I saw Mark give a show in Boulder. It was laced with profanity and although it was entertaining at times, it was also so dependant upon proving that Mark was different, better, more intense and more... Twight, than any of us could ever be, and ultimately, that made the whole seem less than the sum of the parts. Over the years, I've read his articles and have seen more of his talks, all of which were a testament to the Mellowing of Mark. Yes, he has mellowed, but that is not to suggest that he is mellow.
Kiss or Kill has a similar flavor to it, showing the change of Dr. Doom over time and place. I found it extremely funny, extremely sad, extremely entertaining and sometimes extremely overcooked. In short, extremely Twight. It belongs on any committed climber's bookshelf.
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Title: Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, Fast, and High by Mark F. Twight, James Martin ISBN: 0898866545 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance by Eric J. Horst ISBN: 0762723130 Publisher: Falcon Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Denali's West Buttress: A Climber's Guide to Mount McKinley's Classic Route by Colby Coombs, Bradford Washburn ISBN: 0898865166 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Classic Dolomite Climbs: 102 High Quality Rock-Climbs Between the Uiaa Grades III and VII by Anette Kohler, Norbert Memmel ISBN: 0898866936 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge by Hermann Buhl ISBN: 0898866103 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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