[andy_e]

I especially love the occasional passages where a distinctly Harrisonian voice breaks through for a moment ...

Ah excellent, I ordered a copy this week in the hope this would be the case...

[Johnny Brown]

A few lines were good enough to make it into Climbers, which was published only two years later.

[fatneck]

Not sure if it would grip a 12 yo but Hands of a Climber was a great read for me when I started climbing. Gave me a great sense of perspective on the evolution of climbing...