Review of The Altitude Journals
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Review of The Altitude Journals
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Altitude Journals" by David J Mauro.]
The Altitude Journals by David J Mauro is a non – fiction in which the author takes us with him as he conquers each of the 7 summits. He takes us with him as he climbs the mountains both literal and mental. We get to see how David J Mauro overcomes many personal battles through the lessons the mountains he climbs teach him. How he did not choose to climb the mountains but felt the mountains calling him, and how with each call he learned a valuable life lesson he is generous enough to share with all of us.
This book was brilliant. For a non-fiction book it's still fast-paced and action-packed though the action in this book has more to do with avalanches and frostbite than fight scenes. This book is brutally honest, the author doesn’t mask his imperfections or try to justify his actions. He shares his troubled past and gives us reasons as to why he feels the way he does about certain people in his life but he does not believe he was right in doing so.
I enjoyed this book because the characters were loveable and them being real people made me root for them even more. I wanted to see every person in this book succeed even if they were only there for one mountain climb. The story is excellently told, we get the perfect balance between the mountains being climbed, the reason for him climbing this specific mountain, and the author's personal life. This balance is in my opinion crucial in a book like this because it makes you want to see them succeed and it also gives you an understanding as to why they must succeed.
I cannot find anything bad to say about this book. I loved it and it makes you think about the life lessons learned and discussed in this book. The start may be a little slow but the author must set the stage so to speak. He explains the circumstances that started him off climbing his first mountain and it helps the reader to better understand his motives then and in the future. The book is exceptionally well-edited, I found zero spelling and or grammatical mistakes while reading although it must be noted that profanity is used throughout the book.
I give this book 4 out of 4 stars. I am giving it this rating purely because I enjoyed the book, it was well edited and well told. I recommend this book to people who like to investigate the deeper meaning of things. This book is about a man who tries to find out who he is, what the meaning of life is and how to love and while mountain climbing is a part of that I daresay it is not the main focus of the book. This book is not a documentary about mountain climbing, it’s a book about a man climbing mountains while figuring out who he is and what he’s supposed to do. In short, I do not recommend this book to people who do not like listening to someone talk about their emotions and why they are the way they are as that is essentially the entirety of this book.
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The Altitude Journals by David J Mauro is a non – fiction in which the author takes us with him as he conquers each of the 7 summits. He takes us with him as he climbs the mountains both literal and mental. We get to see how David J Mauro overcomes many personal battles through the lessons the mountains he climbs teach him. How he did not choose to climb the mountains but felt the mountains calling him, and how with each call he learned a valuable life lesson he is generous enough to share with all of us.
This book was brilliant. For a non-fiction book it's still fast-paced and action-packed though the action in this book has more to do with avalanches and frostbite than fight scenes. This book is brutally honest, the author doesn’t mask his imperfections or try to justify his actions. He shares his troubled past and gives us reasons as to why he feels the way he does about certain people in his life but he does not believe he was right in doing so.
I enjoyed this book because the characters were loveable and them being real people made me root for them even more. I wanted to see every person in this book succeed even if they were only there for one mountain climb. The story is excellently told, we get the perfect balance between the mountains being climbed, the reason for him climbing this specific mountain, and the author's personal life. This balance is in my opinion crucial in a book like this because it makes you want to see them succeed and it also gives you an understanding as to why they must succeed.
I cannot find anything bad to say about this book. I loved it and it makes you think about the life lessons learned and discussed in this book. The start may be a little slow but the author must set the stage so to speak. He explains the circumstances that started him off climbing his first mountain and it helps the reader to better understand his motives then and in the future. The book is exceptionally well-edited, I found zero spelling and or grammatical mistakes while reading although it must be noted that profanity is used throughout the book.
I give this book 4 out of 4 stars. I am giving it this rating purely because I enjoyed the book, it was well edited and well told. I recommend this book to people who like to investigate the deeper meaning of things. This book is about a man who tries to find out who he is, what the meaning of life is and how to love and while mountain climbing is a part of that I daresay it is not the main focus of the book. This book is not a documentary about mountain climbing, it’s a book about a man climbing mountains while figuring out who he is and what he’s supposed to do. In short, I do not recommend this book to people who do not like listening to someone talk about their emotions and why they are the way they are as that is essentially the entirety of this book.
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The Altitude Journals
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Latest Review: The Altitude Journals by David J Mauro
