Reviews for Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier

The average rating for Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-09-27 00:00:00 Adam Mcintyre Learned more about this massive mountain than perhaps I really wanted to, but there was a lot of good information. Geography, religion, Native American, park preservation, volcanology, history, and other angles taken to flesh out the story of the iconic massif. I love reading about climbing, but I am not crazy enough to attempt it myself. Can you imagine the damage I could do to cities below if I ever fell? Anyway, there were times I had trouble focusing on the text, but still I thought it good.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-06-01 00:00:00 William Van Dyke William Peter Blatty once wrote of a mountain hanging over a city "like a benediction". Ever since I read it I have associated it with Mt Rainier, though it is in no way the mountain Blatty was referring to. Mt Rainier is such an icon in the Pacific Northwest that it is easy to believe that it blesses us all. I love our mountain and I loved reading about it. If the author had stuck solely to Rainier I would have assigned 5 stars. This rambles a bit, but still is well worth reading.