They’re madly in love and happy, until Sam receives a call from a Swiss hospital telling him that Nick has been gravely injured during a climb. American Sam studies linguistics Nick is a travel writer with a substantial instagram following. Nick and Sam are a happy couple living in a quiet Amsterdam neighbourhood. Olde Heuvelt, by the way, means Old Hill. It actually exists, buried somewhere deep in the Alps. It’s easy to see where he got the inspiration: the name Maudit means cursed mountain. So does Olde Heuvelt’s Echo, except that it adds a twist to the familiar story. He does a good job of portraying the appeal of the sport, but illustrates the dangers and risks too – risks to himself, but to others as well. I must have read Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air at least three times. It’s not one I partake in: too strenuous, too expensive, too risky.
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