How long does it take to read Facing Up?
the Incredible story of a 23-year-old's summit of Mt. Everest
Bear Grylls
Facing Up by Bear Grylls takes about 5 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 308 pages, about 84,700 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Only one in four people who attempt Everest are successful, and of those few the majority are over 30. Bear Grylls overcame the extreme weather conditions and months of limited sleep, and reached the summit at the age of 23, becoming the youngest British climber to scale Mount Everest.
Subjects: Mountaineers, Biography, Mountaineering, Everest, mount (china and nepal), China, description and travel, Nepal, description and travel
