March 29, 2002
'Vertical Margins: Mountaineering and the Landscapes of Neoimperialism'
Mountain climbers are traditionally a laconic bunch, scaling all heights but the heights of hyperbole. Instead, says Reuben Ellis, theirs is a rugged stoicism nurtured in memoirs of mountaineering that sometimes understate the excitement and the inherent risks. As a climber himself, the Prescott College English professor understands that "terse aesthetic." But it makes him wonder: What else are mountaineers not telling us?
His new book, Vertical Margins: Mountaineering and the
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