An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, The Ascent of Rum Doodle has been a cult favorite since its publication in 1956. Led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men including Dr. Prone (constantly ill), Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) and 3,000 Yogistani porters set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas. Wonderful
Rum Doodle does for mountaineering what Three Men in a Boat did for Thames-going or Catch-22 did for the Second World War... Sunday Times.
