A fun, yet gripping, read. This book doesn't make the best use of the English language, but you can feel the tension associated with a life risking activity like climbing Mt. Everest. This is just a thoroughly enjoyable read if you like tales of adventure. And I do! ( )

Kevin Flynn, an advertising executive, amateur pilot and mountaineer sets his sites on the mother of all mountains, Everest. In this candid memoir, Flynn recounts his two attempts to climb to the top of the world leaving nothing unstated - "warts and all". If you are in the hunt for a book that gives you an up close and personal first person account of an Everest climb, pick up Confessions of an Amateur Peak Bagger, you will not be disappointed. ( )

This book is a no-holds-barred look at ad exec and amateur climber Kevin Flynn's two attempts at climbing Mt. Everest. It details the physical and mental struggles involved with being away from home for three months in order to climb the world's highest peak, and the raging disappointment that comes with failure. Those with weak stomachs will probably want to avoid this book as there are very frank discussions of dead bodies, bodily fluids and gastrointestinal distress. ( )