Praise for Contact

"What McCarthy does here is to create a paradigm for examining the impact humans have in even the most remote corners of the globe." — Mikel Vause, author of Peering Over The Edge: The Philosophy of Mountaineering

"This book carves a unique spot in the literature by asking eco-critical scholars to give mountaineering literature/culture more attention. Moreover, it is an important book for armchair climbers and climbers themselves." — Peter l. Bayers, author of Imperial Ascent: Mountaineering, Masculinity, and Empire

"Contact is a timely book because it gives us the opportunity to examine the reason we climb and a chance to see our connection to the environment. In addition to an intellectual appraisal of climbing these are fine tales of risk and adventure." — Conrad Anker, climber and author