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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 10, 2014 - 05:58am PT
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One of the best OT threads evidently has bitten the cosmic dust; I think Donald Thompson started it(?). He either pulled the plug on all his posts and topics he authored or it was done for him.
The thread was apolitical in nature and posts were absent of the drama and bitterness that can be found elsewhere. It was a wonderful source of reading material and should not be lost or MIA as a casualty of bad manners, so this is an attempt to revive it.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1570154&tn=700
At any rate this is what I've been reading.
Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall & Anthony Tully
Fly Boys by James Bradley
Night Comes To The Cumberlands by Harry M Caudill
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richross
Trad climber
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Aug 10, 2014 - 07:09am PT
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Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 11, 2014 - 07:08am PT
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The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
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Karla
climber
Colorado
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Aug 11, 2014 - 07:35am PT
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Nice one Steve.
Finishing: War in a Time of Peace - David Halberstam
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Aug 11, 2014 - 07:39am PT
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yeah I picked up quite a few reads from that thread...good stuff.
Phil Harwood's Canoeing the Congo (the first source to sea descent of the Congo River) is awesome and has kept me up late the last two nights.
Hope to finish it today as I need my rest.
here's the guy's website
cf. http://www.canoeingthecongo.com/home.html
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Tvash
climber
Seattle
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Aug 11, 2014 - 07:45am PT
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Consciousness and the Social Brain (Michael Graziano) - a contemporary theory of consciousness from a scientific perspective.
Great book for those curious about this big question. The trip down the Congo sounds like a nice change of pace, though.
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pb
Sport climber
Sonora Ca
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Aug 11, 2014 - 07:59am PT
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Ranger Confidential, good alternative perspective to NPS life
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 11, 2014 - 08:00am PT
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Another Mans Moccasins
Craig Johnson
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Aug 11, 2014 - 09:14am PT
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Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson (in an attempt to further understand the on-going cluster that is the Middle East, as well as one of history's most interesting individuals)
And for ligher reading,
Thereby Hangs A Tail by Spencer Quinn
Thanks for resurrecting the thread. One of the best on ST.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Aug 11, 2014 - 11:04am PT
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Currently back in my sci-fi mode, reading - 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
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john bald
climber
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Aug 11, 2014 - 11:16am PT
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Fire Season
On a recommend from the Supertopo wildfire thread.
So far, I know all the guys the story depicts from my old fire crew. The names were changed to protect the innocent.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 11, 2014 - 11:30am PT
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Roxy, thanks for that, I love me some good nutter books. What was he thinking?
I knew straight away he couldn't have canoed some of those drops but still
a very impressive, if questionable, feat. I enjoyed reading his "Driving
Through Zaire" article on his website. My wife's family spent years there
so the tales of corruption will bring knowing nods when they see this.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 11, 2014 - 02:20pm PT
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Karla
Halberstam is an incredible writer. I've also read his
The Reckoning about Detroit & the auto industry.
What's yours about?
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 12, 2014 - 07:14am PT
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I've read 2 books by Halberstam, The Best & The Brightest and The Fifties. I intend on reading The Summer of '49 next.
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Aug 12, 2014 - 07:17am PT
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"We the Drowned"
best Norwegian Novel, a nautical adventure, a towns history, crazy folks. It was perfect.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Aug 12, 2014 - 07:53am PT
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A biography on Jefferson
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 12, 2014 - 10:54am PT
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Only two going on right now.
This one's due back 8/20-something.
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couchmaster
climber
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Aug 12, 2014 - 11:26am PT
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Ben Franklins biography.
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Howard71
Trad climber
Belen, New Mexico
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Aug 12, 2014 - 01:26pm PT
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The Boys In The Boat
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Aug 12, 2014 - 01:29pm PT
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Gonna have to report that my list is empty right now. Michele has been reading the The Girl with The Dragon Tatoo series.
I have read some manuals in the service of repairing a GE refrigerator and Samsung LCD tv.
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