What are you reading?

Athos791 · Post by **Athos791** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:22 pm

misirlija wrote:Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by Greg Mortenson
I read his book first ''Three Cups of Tea'' two years ago, couldn't wait for this one, Greg Mortenson deserves a Nobel Peace Prize!

I am currently reading his new book as well. Loved the first one and this one is shaping out to be just as good.

MDhiker · Post by **MDhiker** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:09 pm

Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine

AirborneBuff · Post by **AirborneBuff** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:52 pm

Currently reading "Snow Leopard" by Peter Mathhiessen.

In the past two months I have read the following:

The Long Walk - Slavomir Rawicz
K2 - Ed Viesturs
Touching the Void - Joe Simpson
Born to Run - Christopher McDougall

I highly recommend all of these for anyone who loves good adventure reading.

5314ers · Post by **5314ers** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:07 pm

"The Long Walk" was an awesome read
I am currently reading "Basic Economics", by Thomas Sowell

JsinDeAZ · Post by **JsinDeAZ** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:45 pm

Die Trying. It's a book I probably could write in about 5 years... unless I live the title...

mountainmicah83 · Post by **mountainmicah83** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:25 am

I finally picked up a copy of Merle's Door but I don't know how fast I will get to read it with full time school, a full time corporate america job, a wife, and actually getting outdoors.

Johnny Quest · Post by **Johnny Quest** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:29 am

Just about done with Ed Viestur's K2, talk about a history lesson!

CRSpeedy · Post by **CRSpeedy** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:59 am

Just finished Merle's Door. Great book--loved it.

Kiefer · Post by **Kiefer** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:50 am

So far, an extremely interesting read. After page 16, I was hooked.

I'll have to take a look at that, "Die Trying" book. Looks interesting.

mtgirl · Post by **mtgirl** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:33 pm

Johnba wrote:Where men win Glory, The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. by Jon Krakauer

Very good book so far. Pat Tillman was an amazing person

I just finished this one and would recommend it. The story of Pat Tillman is a great one.....although I'm not much of a fan of the author (Krakauer). He could have left his political views out of the book....

bigtrout · Post by **bigtrout** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:34 pm

The Song of the Dodo - Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction by David Quammen. It's a study of evolution, extinction, and the geographic distribution of species focusing mainly on the biology and geography of island ecosystems.

Dancesatmoonrise · Post by **Dancesatmoonrise** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:38 pm

kimo wrote:My last complete read was "14er Disasters" by Scott-Nash. It was riveting, hard to put down, and I finished it in just a few nights.

I found this particularly appropos (Lou Dawson):

My foreword for the book was difficult to write. But rather than fluffing over the subject of criticizing accident victims (including myself), for better or worse I decided to tackle the task with as much honesty as I could muster. To that end, I conclude that the underlying causality with many 14er accidents is a simple lack of respect for the mountains. Lack of map reading, lack of correct gear, poor decisions â€” all rising from an attitude of frivolity or just plain disrespect that some climbers seem to promulgate, almost as if theyâ€™re teasing the mountains like a child pushing parental buttons. Only when you get spanked by a mountain, it doesnâ€™t care how loud you cry.

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