Summit Fever

An Armchair Climber’s Initiation to Glencoe, Mortal Terror and the Himalayan
Matterhorn

When poet Andrew Greig was asked by the near-legendary Scottish mountaineer
Mal Duff to join his ascent of the Mustagh Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas,
he had a poor head for heights and no climbing experience whatsoever. The
result is this unique book. Short-listed for the Boardman-Tasker Prize and
already something of a classic in adventure literature, Summit Fever has been
loved by climbers and literary critics alike for its refreshing candour, wit
and insight, and the haunting beauty of its writing. It is for every armchair
adventurer who ever wondered what it would be like to climb in the Himalayas.
Much more than a book about climbing, it celebrates the risk, joy and
adventure of being alive.