I am still in the middle of reading Annapurna, a book about mountain climbing in Nepal. The group of climbers are still scouting the mountains a looking for the pass that can take them to Annapurna, their mountain of choice for climbing. So far, they have come to the conclusion that the south and north faces are unclimbable. They have been making daylong trips into the nearby mountains to get better looks at Annapurna. An obstacle that they have to work around is the daily thunderstorms. Down below in the valleys, it rains, but when they are up on the mountains, It turns to snow, making everything very cold, windy, and in general dangerous. Throughout the book, there have repeatedly been examples of how the local Nepalese people treat the climbers with much respect, and will help them whenever necessary. An example of this is that a few local men went out hunting and shot a thar, which is basically a cow, and instead of keeping it for themselves, hey gave it the climbers. This is a very good example because the Nepalese people are in need of food and meat, because Nepal in general is a very poor country. So far, I would reccomend this book to anybody, because there is no waiting involved, this book gets straight to the point.