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Wallwombat
Trad climber
Australia
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Dec 12, 2010 - 08:45am PT
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry.
It was my favourite book when I was a little kid and when my grandmother recently passed away and I was sorting through all her books, I found my old hard back copy. I'd forgotten what a great book it was. If you have young children, I strongly recommend it.
Currently, I'm making my 18th attempt to read Possession by A.S. Byatt. I can't say I'm confident.
I don't see how anyone can say Life of Pi and The Power of One are of the same genre. I'd have thought Life of Pi was more like magical realism and The Power of One was more of a historical novel.
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Dec 12, 2010 - 10:19am PT
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Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Timothy Ferris
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Disaster Master
Social climber
Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:19am PT
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"The Science Of Breath"
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:31am PT
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The Voyage of The Beagle by Charles Darwin.
A great adventure book on the account of his travels round the world over 5 years as a young naturalist. Very easy to read and fascinating.
My copy is part of the single volume of the complete works of Darwin recently published with excellent design and manufacturing and sold en' masse through Costco.
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Eric Beck
Sport climber
Bishop, California
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Dec 12, 2010 - 01:36pm PT
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The Greatest Trade Ever - Gregory Zuckerman
John Paulson made $15 billion for his hedge fund including $4 billion for himself buying credit default swaps on junk mortgage securities. Lots of stuff on doubt, timing and tactics. Exciting read.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 12, 2010 - 01:53pm PT
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Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow by Maria Coffey
(the author was the surviving girlfriend of Joe Tasker)
The book "reveals the consequences of loving people who pursue
such risk--the exhilarating highs and inevitable lows, the stress
of long separations, the constant threat of bereavement, and the
lives shattered in the wake of climbing accidents."
Forward by Dr. Thomas Hornbein
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Dec 12, 2010 - 03:10pm PT
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The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Dec 12, 2010 - 03:22pm PT
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Collected Stories and Later Writings of Paul Bowles
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 12, 2010 - 05:57pm PT
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Michael Tolliver lives, Armistead Maupin
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MH2
climber
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Dec 12, 2010 - 08:40pm PT
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Tami,
A possible next book to read:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/arts/08iht-idbriefs9A.6059015.html
I last read The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, a remarkable story of a curious youngster growing up in Malawi, including what famine looks like from the inside.
Then I started The Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf by John Muir, but left it behind at Mom's and will have to get it from the library.
The next book I hope to read is about the tiger in siberia, written by the same guy who wrote about BC's own golden spruce and who, when he heard the story of the tiger, thought to himself, "This is the golden spruce with stripes!"
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Pastrami
Trad climber
Somewhere on this Planet
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Dec 12, 2010 - 10:34pm PT
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The Closing of The Muslim Mind, Robert Reilly
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Dec 13, 2010 - 04:24pm PT
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"Cat in the Hat"...Actually it's CCNA certification for idiots.
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Dec 13, 2010 - 04:25pm PT
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Strider
Trad climber
one of god's mountain temples.... ಠ_ಠ
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Dec 13, 2010 - 04:46pm PT
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, Book 1...
Working on Book 2 now.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Dec 13, 2010 - 04:55pm PT
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Under the Tuscan Sun.
Some parts really good, some parts really dragged. Overall very good though.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 13, 2010 - 05:43pm PT
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I can't remember, it was over a week ago. Might have been that one by Evelyn Wood.
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scuffy b
climber
Three feet higher
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Dec 13, 2010 - 06:02pm PT
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The American Crow and the Common Raven
Lawrence Kilham
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originalpmac
Mountain climber
Anywhere I like
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Dec 13, 2010 - 06:28pm PT
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Best book I have read in a long time. Read a few Kesey books, usually pretty good. "Sometimes a Great Notion is a GREAT book, with a slow sart. just keep burning through and it gets soo good.
my recent favorites, Tom Robbins, "Skinny Legs and All"
"the long Walk" about some guys escaping a soviet prison camp in WWII and hiking all the way to India from eastern Siberia. pretty amazing story.
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miss.julienne
climber
Grand Junction, Colorado
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Dec 13, 2010 - 06:30pm PT
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Just Finished Minus 148 Degrees By Art Davidson. First winter ascent of Denali!! Highly reccomended
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