I liked the bird book “My Big Year” slightly better – it was a wackier world and a great window on a relentless pursuit of the “life list”. The writing seemed more forced in this compilation of the author’s 14’er attempts. Good for anyone interested in mountaineering; otherwise hearing about how hard it is to walk at altitude and how many storms climbers encounter on the 54 peaks could get kind of boring….liked the CO history and the characters encountered along the way.