Seven Years in Tibet Seven Years in Tibet is unlike any of the books we have previously read in this course. Although it doesn’t concentrate solely on a mountaineering expedition, such as his previous book The White Spider and most mountaineering literature, it does provide us with a much deeper look into the Tibetan culture…

Julie Rak’s paper on the politics of gender in mountaineering, focused on the way that previous mountaineering literature not only excluded female climbers, but also emphasized the importance of masculinity in the mountains. Feminist accounts concerning mountaineering have been almost non existent, and Rak questions why this particular topic is a tough subject to speak…

Bayers, Imperial Ascent, provided a great insight into the way masculinity has dominated the mountaineering world, through analyzing various books. I’m not particularly a huge fan of “books on books”, as I find they tend to be very dry at times, however, I enjoyed the approach Bayers took and found it to be an interesting…

At first, Fallen Giants proved to be a very dry and mundane read, with the first couple chapters introducing the readers to geographical data of the Himalayan region, as well as an abundance of uneventful historical details. At times it became quite difficult to keep reading, as Isserman and Weaver did very little to intrigue…