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abenson
Joined: 10/09/06
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Louisville, KY
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Posted: 11/19/07 7:57pm |
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Have you all noticed the growing number of outdoor adventure books? Most book stores even have a section dedicated to these type of books now. So this winter when your sitting on your trainer, cuddled in a warm sleeping bag with a headlamp, or just killing a rainy day, grab one of these books and you will be planning your next trip.
So far I have read Into Thin Air, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Wild-Stories of Survival from the Worlds Most Dangerous Places, and many frontiersmen books. I am saving a pocket size copy of Left For Dead for an overnighter. Anybody got their favorites, or want to trade a couple?
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Greensap
Joined: 10/23/07
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Frisco, CO
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Posted: 11/19/07 8:37pm |
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if you have not read In to the Wild check it out also im in the middle of touching the void I will let you know if its any good
Lets Get Green
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laclimbchick
Joined: 02/22/07
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Mount Julit, TN
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Posted: 11/19/07 9:48pm |
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touching the void, i loved it. I read keep climbing last winter and it was really good. He climbed everest with only one lung and beating cancer twice, but then again i would like it since im on my way to become a nurse. i just started eiger dreams and its keeping me interested. of course a walk in the woods. a classic.
Leslin
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joshuatheNomad
Joined: 10/05/06
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Skagway, AK
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Posted: 11/19/07 9:51pm |
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Touching the Void is amazing! Wanna know how it ends?-jk
Seriously though, check out Deep Survival-great psychological approach to why some people live and some die when caught in an unplanned for situation. Also, The Alchemist, for the adventurer, dream chaser and heart following type. Even The Chronicles of Narnia deals with traveling to other worlds! A Walk Across America is a great, i'll be finishing it soon->it's already moved me to tears twice. Another; One Man's Wilderness. A story about a man who homesteaded and built a squat little cabin on a lake in alaska and lived there for a while. I think that's about all I have for now. Happy reading!
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joshuatheNomad
Joined: 10/05/06
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Skagway, AK
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Posted: 11/19/07 9:56pm |
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oh yeah, if you read Into Thin Air, make sure you follow up with The Climb [Anatoli Boukreev and his attorney] and I don't remember the title but Lene Gammelgard's account of the 1996 Everest tragedy is amazing as well. Eiger Dreams is also a great read. Take all of Krakauer's writings with at least a grain [or cup] of salt though as he's much more of a writer than a man or mountaineer. For a not so Outdoorzy read, if you're into philosopy/poetry check out Tao Te Ching. That's all, i think.
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endercore
Joined: 02/18/07
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Lexington, KY
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Posted: 11/19/07 10:41pm |
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i'm working on reading the climb. I started this summer and had to put it on hold due to school work.
I just finished into the wild, as well as a book called 3 cups of tea. Its about a guy who goes to climb K2, ends up getting lost and discovering this random village in Pakistan. He ends up getting really involved in humanitarian effort building schools and infrastructure for this village as well as others in the pakistan/Afghanistan region. It was a great book, i'd recommend it.
i also read a book this summer called climbing the eiger:facing the mountian that killed my father. It was a good read as well.
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Wade
Joined: 07/23/06
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Bowling Green, KY
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Posted: 11/19/07 10:47pm |
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Touching the Void definitely.
Then, I really liked Dharma Bums... mainly about some beatnicks (pre-hippies) trying to figure things out. There is alot of wine-drinking, philosophising, and some mountain climbing.
I'm a lover, not a racer... --Wade
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gonzobeer
Joined: 02/08/07
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Louisville, KY
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Posted: 11/20/07 12:40pm |
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Nice one Wade. I've met many a little bum of St. Teresea and Japhy Ryders in my day.
Licentia Haud Vestigium
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nwoods
Joined: 05/07/07
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Posted: 11/20/07 3:12pm |
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I recently looked at the Chessler books netsite.
They have an amazing selection.
I think I will get Wade's book there first. 
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wdew23
Joined: 10/30/06
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Coxs Creek, KY
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Posted: 11/20/07 3:23pm |
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Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea
Deep Survival
Skeletons of the Zahara
Shadow Divers
Undaunted Courage
and definitely
Down the Great Unknown
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