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rockbabe
Dec 28, 2003, 12:47 AM
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The book was interesting. What do you people want? Ernest Hemingway? I like the fact that she "dumbed" it down for non-climbing readers. That shows how Non-egotistical she is, that she had the patience to explain things to people.
One glaring admission though, she failed to relate how she had smoked pot and was high when she failed to tie her knot.
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troutboy
Dec 28, 2003, 2:20 AM
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In reply to: The book was interesting. What do you people want? Ernest Hemingway? I like the fact that she "dumbed" it down for non-climbing readers. That shows how Non-egotistical she is, that she had the patience to explain things to people.
Expect Ernest Hemingway, no. Something slightly more complex than an eighth-grade reader, well, yes.
Our society has come to accept poor writing as the norm. The mass of sports books, financial guru autobiographies, etc. written with/by ghost writers or with semi-famous authors has resulted in acceptance of poorly written books, because they tell a nice story. These are, essentially, books written by people who have no ability to write; however, that's not all their fault. I would not expect a non-writer to be able to pen a work comparable to Tolstoy (I would expect something better than eighth-grade level writing). I do expect a publishing company to have editors who can do their job and make the book at least presentable. That's what they are paid to do. Lynn Hill not writing well is not nearly so annoying as a professional editor not editing well.
Finally, perhaps Lynn is a better writer than this book indicates. It's quite possible the "dumbing down" process by the editor and/or publisher made her appear less capable. She did have Greg Child as a co-author and Greg is a better writer than this book indicates. Makes me think it was not an author problem as much as an editor problem.
I really liked the photos :wink: Her climbing accomplishments are second to none and inspiring.
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scubaboy26
Dec 28, 2003, 3:36 AM
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Ther were some grammar probs, but that didn't bother me at all, I was too busy enjoying it to care that much. A definate for a climbers library
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