Mountain Man

Ryland Thomas

Peak

By Roland Smith      

Have you ever climbed a famous mountain? Or had to save somebody’s life from almost falling off the cliff of a mountain? Well, Peak has. Peak is a very brave and courageous teenager who is always seeking adventure, “I should’ve waited until June to make the ascent, but no moron has to go up in March” (Smith 3). After Peak’s dad surprised him about going on a trip to climb Mt. Everest, Peak was very excited. If Peak was to successfully climb the mountain he would be the youngest person to do it, “ I don’t know if you’ll make the summit, but if we get up there before your 15th birthday you’ll be the youngest person in the world ever to stand above 29 thousand feet”. (Smith 44).

    

Peak trained months for this before he could take on the mountain. The conditions on Everest were terrible so Peak had to be very prepared for this. After a lot of training and hard work, Peak’s training/climbing partner said that he was good to go. However, lots of other people were furious that the resources were going to be wasted on a young inexperienced boy. Peak’s dad agreed and told peak that he can’t climb the mountain anymore.

    

As they were going back home Peak’s trainer and Dad both said that they will still let Peak climb the mountain but he had to keep quiet so they wouldn't get in any trouble. Peak successfully climbed Mt. Everest and even saved his trainer from falling off the cliff. “ Got him, I shouted down to Zopa, then looked at Sun-jo. You Ok?” (Smith 202). Peak was the youngest person to ever climb Mt. Everest.

   

Peak seemed like an ordinary kid but as the story keeps going you begin to see that he is very different than most kids. He loves to do daring things which makes him who he is. I would recommend this book to teenagers who love action and adventure. This book provided lots of suspense and surprises throughout the whole novel. I would give this book a final rating of 8/10 stars.