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The Last Great Mountain
- The First Ascent of Kangchenjunga
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but reputedly the hardest mountain in the world. It was an astonishing achievement for a British team led by Everest veteran Charles Evans. Drawing on interviews, diaries and unpublished accounts, Mick Conefrey begins his story in 1905 with the disastrous first attempt on the mountain by a team led by Aleister Crowley, explores the three dramatic German expeditions of the the late 1920s and brings it all to a climax 50 years later with the first ascent by Joe Brown and George Band. The Last Great Mountain is the final instalment of Mick Conefrey's acclaimed high-altitude trilogy.
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- Kderbyshire
- 05-09-21
Strong book and narration, very poor editing
I would approximate that at least once every 30 minutes there is a phrase or sentence repeated due to poor editing. One is repeated twice and on one occasion the narrator gets the phrase backwards, repeats the offending word order correctly under his breath and then repeats it again . It's such a shame as it really takes you out of the flow of the narrative each time.
Would still recommend it though, which says a lot about the strength of the writing.
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- Mr James Meechan
- 06-02-22
Amazing book but terrible audio
The book is brilliant. its interesting and in depth but without getting boring.
The audio is another matter. It is very badly edited and jumps around. A lot of sections are repeated as the audio jumps back on itself. Avoid this recording and buy the book instead
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- Mr. J. P. Owens
- 12-10-22
Wonderful (but audio version marred by glitches)
This is a wonderful story of the first attempts on -- and the first ascent of -- Kangchenjunga. It is well told and we'll narrated. It also honours the men who pitted themselves against the mountain.
The audio version is ruined by dozens of glitches.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-12-21
Another bit of mountaineering history
Narration was not perfect, with some passages repeated. The story lived up to the others by this author.
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- queeny
- 25-04-23
Repeated sentences
Really good story, well written. What brought the whole experience down was the repeated sentences, lots of times it was clear that the narrator decided to restart the sentence but it wasn’t edited out. It is clear that no one listened to the book before releasing it. It needs to be edited properly and re released.
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- Lee
- 09-04-23
Enjoyed it.
Bought for my hillwalking hubby who enjoyed it but a star was deducted as he felt that sometimes the author concentrated on personalities rather than the mountain. He would listen to it again.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-03-23
Great book….. shoddy production
Does nobody care about editing out the multiple audio glitches (overlaps) first reported by other listeners 5 months ago? It wouldn’t take long and it would greatly improve the product.
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- Bob
- 09-01-23
great story and narration, awful editing
riveting and sometimes funny, this audio book is only let down by about 10-15 occasions where sentences were repeated.
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- Harrison Roberts
- 20-10-22
Great and informative but with a few editing misha
Really enjoyed, very well researched and presented A few repeats, enjoyed how credit to editor was mis-edited and repeated
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- MCRaff
- 04-10-22
Good reading poor engineering
great story, very well read but the sound engineer left in all the edits and didn't cut them out so you end up with repeated sections
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