Will you comport yourself like a floppy poltroon? Or will you beat the mountain into submission, bending millions of tons of rock and ice to conform to the dictates of your will, like a gentleman? Practice you pelvic thrusts. Forge your spirit in a molten bath of steely resolve. Swing high your axe. Never shed one tear. Keep pulling the trigger, and you too may one day find your destiny of death or glory that awaits every man on top of every mountain. This book will teach you how to be a man, how to slay a mountain, and how to make small things with flippers carry your kit up to the summit where you can carve your initials along with the words: HERE A REAL MAN CHEATED DEATH AND FOUND GLORY