What are you reading?

[susanjoypaul]

I got Mountain Heroes: Portraits of Adventure for Christmas, and am looking forward to reading it.

So far, I'm just enjoying all the great photos, like this classic shot of Fred Beckey:

[nicholasblee]

M. John Fayhee (editor of the Mountain Gazette) wrote a book about hiking the
Colorado Trail. He's a good (and funny) writer. The book is about 20 years old, and may not be in
print anymore. I'm not sure of the title.

I'm assuming it's this one? Looks good.

Along the Colorado Trail

[Jim Davies]

Does anyone know of a memoir of the Colorado Trail (which I'm planning on thru-hiking this summer)?

This book is the story of a family hiking the Continental Divide Trail, but includes a section on hiking the Colorado Trail.
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Kind of rough writing, but interesting if you're considering backpacking with toddlers.

[DaveLanders]

M. John Fayhee (editor of the Mountain Gazette) wrote a book about hiking the
Colorado Trail. He's a good (and funny) writer. The book is about 20 years old, and may not be in
print anymore. I'm not sure of the title.

I'm assuming it's this one? Looks good.

Along the Colorado Trail

Yes, that's the book. For some reason Fielder is listed as first author, even though
Fayhee wrote most or all of it. There are a lot of Fielder's photos though, which are always good.

[Vincopotamus]

M. John Fayhee (editor of the Mountain Gazette) wrote a book about hiking the
Colorado Trail. He's a good (and funny) writer. The book is about 20 years old, and may not be in
print anymore. I'm not sure of the title.

I'm assuming it's this one? Looks good.

Along the Colorado Trail

Yes, that's the book. For some reason Fielder is listed as first author, even though
Fayhee wrote most or all of it. There are a lot of Fielder's photos though, which are always good.

+1
Nothing else has made me want to hike the CT more than that book.

I'm a big Fayhee fan. He published a book of his "Greatest Hits" from the Mountain Gazette which had a well written piece about how to describe one climbs/hikes/goes up fourteeners.

[TomM]

Recently read:

Across the Savage Sea - Maud Fontenoy
A Walk on the Wild Side - Nelson Algren
Black Beard America's Most Notorious Pirate - Angus Konstam
Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell

Currently reading:

Mao The Unknown Story - Jung Chang/Jon Halliday

[Flips]

The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why - by Amanda Ripley

Was in the middle of this book last summer as the Waldo Canyon fire started. I observed many behaviors described in this book not only in myself but in people all around me.

[Scuba Steve]

Anyone read Four against the Arctic by David Roberts?

Any good?

[Jesse M]

The Music Lesson-A Spiritual Search For Growth Through Music
by Victor Wooten.

This is a great book for any musicians out there, music lovers, or anyone who might want to get to know who music is.

[Jim Davies]

Anyone read Four against the Arctic by David Roberts?

Any good?

Yes, and yes. It's both an incredible survival story, and a great detective job by Roberts to figure out what happened.

I saw a new book by Roberts just yesterday: Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration, the story of Douglas Mawson surviving three weeks out alone in Antarctica in 1913. Looks like it has potential.

[TomM]

The Ordeal by Ice books by Farley Mowat are good reads if you are into early exploration.

[Flips]

"The Signal and the Noise" by Nate Silver. Fascinating discussion of forecasting and prediction in various areas (weather, economics, elections, epidemics, sports). Not to spoil the plot, but it reinforced my impressions of weather forecasts (short-term forecasts have improved markedly in recent years, but anything over 8 days is worse than taking the averages for the date!). Also, economists are really, really bad at predicting the future, but usually don't care because of political bias.

+1 Thanks Jim. Based on your summary, I read this book. Excellent.