Review: Exciting, informative, entertaining
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2011
This book surprised me with its grasp of mountain climbing and airplane flight. It also contains a healthy amount of information about various locations in the world. And all of this was woven into a very entertaining, sometimes tense, story. Very well written! The book tells the tale of Jack who wants to climb a mountain that has not been climbed before. Why? Because it's inaccessible except by plane.There were points in the story where my body actually tensed and I found myself reading faster to see if Jack would survive. That's a good book! Although Jack is barely an adult, he builds the type of plane he needs to pursue his dream. Then he takes it on a long solo flight through many countries. Though he has very little money and subsists largely on peanut butter sandwiches, Jack challenges his skills and endurance, pitting himself against a remote snowy mountain. He has a number of close calls that will give the reader tingly worrisome feelings in the pit of the stomach (or bottoms of the feet, if you fear heights).The author is obviously knowledgeable in the subjects he covers, and he also has a talent for storytelling. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more by this author.