I always heard about this book throughout high school. I’m not sure if it was required reading for some classes, though I was never in a class required to read it. I never knew what the book was about either, I just heard the title. Recently I saw an article about it in Outside Magazine and heard they had made a movie about it. It sparked my interest more and I read the whole article and finally knew what it was about, and how it was based on a true story. At the time that I read the article, my dad was reading the book, and I had no idea that he owned it. It sounds so interesting and is unlike any other story I have heard of, so I am starting to read it today. Afterwards I will go rent the film :)