Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna

Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna

Rating

7.5

The Pequod Review:

Conquistadors of the Useless is a well-written memoir from one of the most famous 1950s mountain climbers (Lionel Terray). “My whole lifetime of platitudinous mediocrity seemed as nothing beside these hours of perfect happiness and total absorption in action.”