I struggled through about half of this before I gave up.
Matthiesen writes beautifully, even lyrically, about the glories of the high Himalayas, but in the end (or at least in the middle, since that was as far as I got), this is yet another tale about a person so disgruntled with their life that they set out on an incredibly challenging journey in the hopes of achieving enlightenment.
The very mindset of such a person eludes me, and unless the journey itself is compelling (this one isn't), I see no reason to go along, even from an armchair position.
Matthiesen writes beautifully, even lyrically, about the glories of the high Himalayas, but in the end (or at least in the middle, since that was as far as I got), this is yet another tale about a person so disgruntled with their life that they set out on an incredibly challenging journey in the hopes of achieving enlightenment.
The very mindset of such a person eludes me, and unless the journey itself is compelling (this one isn't), I see no reason to go along, even from an armchair position.
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