Review: I will continue to read Petersen books.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2013
Mr. Petersen wastes no time pretending he's writing the great American novel.  You won't find lyrical prose in descriptions of scenery or pages full of philosophical musings in his books.  He gets right down to the nitty gritty.In this one a 21-year old Jack builds his own float plane and takes off, with the hubris of youth, and flies from the east coast of USA to Peru, where he sets out to climb the mountain of his dreams - ALONE.  This seems to be par for the course for Jack.  Being somewhat of a loner myself, I can relate to how, "he reveled in his isolation."  However, even though I get caught up in the action, the excitement and the tension of every moment, I found myself mentally yelling at our hero while he was hanging upsidedown and unconcious, after a fall on/off (?) the mountain:  "You stupid idiot!  Why are you always doing this alone?"There is very little interaction with other people, even on the few occasions that he does wind up in civilization.  So he talks to himself occasionally.  I consider that to be normal because I do it myself.All in all, it is fast paced because it leaves out all of the normal literary filler and goes straight for the jugular.  Tension filled because Jack is smart enough to understand the danger but crazy enough to go for it anywayI am neither pilot nor mountain climber but with just the right amount of technical details of each explained as he goes along I was able to understand what was happening with a certain amount of clarity.For those besides myself who care about how much sex and language they expose themselves to, this book had no sex and about two swear words.I will continue to read Petersen books.