" High Exposure is somewhat of an autobiography about David Breashears' climbing life, as well as his answer to why he climbs. The story starts when he is a young boy with a violent father, and from there he becomes enamored with mountain climbing. All of his stories about the mountains he climbed were pretty entertaining, although after a while of reading they all started to run into each other and I couldn't remember which climb was which. Breashears does a good job of explaining climbing culture and terms to readers who are not climbers, and his passion for climbing makes you want to go climb a (little) rock yourself. One of my favorite parts of the book was when he described helping with the filming of Cliffhanger. He describes watching the stunt woman prepare for the opening scene (which has her free fall on a cable), and thinking she was somewhat crazy. The funny thing is, he describes how the risk in climbing appeals to him, even climbing without ropes. The book begins and ends by talking about Breashears' experience with the disaster on Everest in 1996. It was interesting to see the story from his point after reading Into Thin Air from Krakauer's point of view last year. Overall, the book was good, but not spectacular, and would not be appealing if reading about people climbing big rocks bores you. "
— Isabella, 1/15/2014