Product DescriptionGuy Waterman, a former Capitol Hill speechwriter, abandoned his career to pursue his passion for mountain climbing. He was a genuine eccentric and troubled soul. His relationships with his sons turned tragic. To find peace, he built a cabin in the mountains of Vermont without modern conveniences of any kind. He indulged his climbing and became a prominent historian of the mountains of the northeast. None of this was apparently sufficiently fulfilling. One winter day, he walked up the mountain and committed suicide by exposure. The author recounts Guy Waterman’s life and attempts to answer the question “why?”Product DetailsPrice: $24.95
Hardback: 302 pages
Author: Chip Brown
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Year of Publication: 2003
Language: English
ISBN: 1-57322-236-4
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| Mountain Impulse | Tragic | | 
Hasn't voted | A tragic story. Guy Waterman was talented and well intentioned. But he blew it with his sons and maybe he never recovered from that. One son, Jim, disappeared at the age of 22. A second son, Johnny, became a prominent name in Alaskan mountaineering but also met a tragic end. Negative aspects aside, the book contains many good climbing stories and brings across Guy Waterman’s love of the wilderness. The approach he took to end his life is certainly a rarity but of course has a connection with his passion for the outdoors. | | Posted Apr 21, 2007 10:06 pm |
| fossana | great read | | 
Voted 4/5 | Fascinating story from psychological, historical, and ethical perspectives. | | Posted Jan 29, 2008 2:21 pm |
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