New York, 1990, 1st edition, 3rd printing. 186 pp, ills. For collectors, the 1st edition. Jon told us there are only 2000 copies of the 1st edition so it will always be scarce. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine.
INSCRIBED by Jon Krakauer on the title page
No matter what the actual temperature may be, several pages into Eiger Dreams you will begin to shiver. Halfway through you will acquire a new appreciation for your fingers, toes, and the fact that you still have a nose. And by the end of this collection, you'll define some commonly used phrases in an entirely different way. The understated 'catch some air' and the whimsical 'log some flight time' are climbers' euphemisms for falling, while 'crater' refers to what happens when you log some flight time all the way to the ground. 'Summiting,' the term for reaching the top of a mountain, seems almost colorless in comparison.
