How Long to Read Spirits of the Air

How Long Does it Take to Read Spirits of the Air?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 28 minutes to read Spirits of the Air by Kurt Diemberger

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Kurt Diemberger belongs to an elite mountaineering club. He is one of only two climbers to have made first ascents of two 8,000-metre peaks - Broad Peak and Dhaulagiri. His Broad Peak ascent was the first eight-thousander climbed in alpine style without oxygen. He had climbed the major Alps north faces (the Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses) by 1958 and was awarded the fifth Piolets d'Or lifetime achievement award. But Diemberger's adventures revolve around more than climbing, as Spirits of the Air reveals. Of course, there is plenty of mountaineering - expeditions to Makalu and Everest, America and the Hindu Kush. But there are also rickety aeroplanes which inevitably crash, anacondas to wrestle and bar-room meetings with Reinhold Messner. And there is Diemberger's filmmaking. A pioneering filmmaker, he has shot on the top of Everest and in the Arctic circle, making several mountaineering film firsts and becoming one of the best cameramen of the genre. In Spirits of the Air Diemberger describes his life and adventures after the 1986 K2 disaster, which affected him greatly, and some earlier episodes. He reflects on the contrasts between his life in Europe and the always-beckoning Himalaya, and on family, loves and friendships. Describing his experiences with a tremendous zest for life that is both endearing and compelling, Diemberger creates a very readable and very different mountaineering autobiography.

How long is Spirits of the Air?

Spirits of the Air by Kurt Diemberger is 443 pages long, and a total of 112,079 words.

This makes it 150% the length of the average book. It also has 137% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Spirits of the Air Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 12 minutes to read Spirits of the Air aloud.

What Reading Level is Spirits of the Air?

Spirits of the Air is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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