What are you reading?
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- JROSKA
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Re: What are you reading?
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this one, but I'm reading "The Summit - Faith Beyond the Death Zone" by Eric Alexander. Great book by a local and world renowned climber. I'm setting a record for fastest time reading a book.
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- cwm191
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100% agree! Easily the most deeply researched and emotive "mountain" book I've ever read. It's one of my new favorite adventure books. Now, I'm almost done reading The Operators by Michael Hastings about General McChrystal and his shenanigans in Afghanistan.14erFred wrote:"Into the Silence," by Wade Davis -- it's a brilliant, spell-binding, in-depth analysis of the British expeditions to Everest during the 1920s, filled with historical intrigue, psychological insights, and little-known mountaineering facts. I can't put it down and wish it would never end. It's an awesome book, and I highly recommend it.
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- Jon Frohlich
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Completely different I'm sure but I'm reading The Places In Between by Rory Stewart about walking (!!!!) across Afghanistan not long after September 11 and around the time we invaded. Fascinating look at the people and history of the region. Pretty much everyone thought he was going to get himself killed but he made it.cwm191 wrote: 100% agree! Easily the most deeply researched and emotive "mountain" book I've ever read. It's one of my new favorite adventure books. Now, I'm almost done reading The Operators by Michael Hastings about General McChrystal and his shenanigans in Afghanistan.
- Derek
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Read a book last year called "The Mapmakers" which was about the history of mapmaking. (Shocker.) In it, there was a brief story of the original outsider exploration of Tibet that was done in secret by a couple of Indian cousins, hired by the British. Turns out there was a full book on the adventure, called "Trespassers at the Roof of the World"...so thats what is on my nightstand now.
http://www.amazon.com/Trespassers-Roof- ... 1568360509
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- Craig Cook
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I recently finished re-reading The Long Walk by Stephen King. It doesn't take place in the mountains, but it is a story about hiking to the extreme. I love this novel.
- Point North
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Surprised I haven't seen more reference to Instant Karma: The Heart and Soul of a Ski Bum.
http://www.amazon.com/Instant-Karma-Hea ... 50-2172337" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
If you haven't read this classic, get it. It's probably at your library. About a guy who grew up a misfit after literally being dropped on his head as a kid, only to find his place in the Colorado Rockies as a ski instructor and bum. Five stars.
http://www.amazon.com/Instant-Karma-Hea ... 50-2172337" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
If you haven't read this classic, get it. It's probably at your library. About a guy who grew up a misfit after literally being dropped on his head as a kid, only to find his place in the Colorado Rockies as a ski instructor and bum. Five stars.
Re: What are you reading?
The forum on 14ers.com.
And probably too often.
And probably too often.
- DurangoJenn
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d_baker wrote:The forum on 14ers.com.
And probably too often.
Just finished The Lost Cyclist. Needed something light after that so am reading Drink, Play, F@#k.
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Just finished Surviving the Extremes. Its a book about the human body and its reaction and adaptation to extreme conditions. Its written by an MD with first hand experience in the adverse conditions and the injuries he has seen and dealt with. He talks about everything from desert life to outer space, including Everest and deep sea diving. Its really quite amazing how we have adapted.
- MtnHub
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Will need to get a new book pretty soon, so thought I'd check out some of the suggestions listed on this thread.
Have been reading Paul K Chappell's Peaceful Revolution. Is excellent reading and a must for anyone who thinks peace is unattainable. Was recommended by our friend in BV who we stayed with in July. He spoke there recently and she was extremely impressed. Would loved to have heard and met this young person (a West Point grad and Iraq War vet).
Have been reading Paul K Chappell's Peaceful Revolution. Is excellent reading and a must for anyone who thinks peace is unattainable. Was recommended by our friend in BV who we stayed with in July. He spoke there recently and she was extremely impressed. Would loved to have heard and met this young person (a West Point grad and Iraq War vet).
- Brian Thomas
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Thanks for giving this thread a bump after 7 months. TeeVee is dumb. Professional sports are dumb. People should read more books.MtnHub wrote:Will need to get a new book pretty soon
Now reading: "The Last Of His Kind" by David Roberts, bio of American mountaineer Brad Washburn and "Smythe's Mountains, The Climbs Of F.S. Smythe" by Harry Calvert, both available from the Denver Public Library.
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- oldschoolczar
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Re: What are you reading?
-Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the West
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Thunder-Car ... nd+thunder
-Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
http://www.amazon.com/Undaunted-Courage ... ed+courage
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Thunder-Car ... nd+thunder
-Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
http://www.amazon.com/Undaunted-Courage ... ed+courage
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