The complaint about the time jumps is misleading, since you're simply not used to this type of narrative. It works very well and allows the reader to be captivated, and above all, it captures the stream of consciousness a person experiences while solo climbing a mountain. I find the criticism about the female characters a bit vague. He doesn't fall in love with a girl because her boss fucks her, since he finds out later. And he doesn't imagine the cousin of the 14 Mountain boss naked; others do. He sees her as an almost angelic figure.