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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Zero History William Gibson
-a must read if you're into post-cyberpunk in a contemporary setting.
Tell us more Sully. I vaguely remember liking that one.
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sempervirens
climber
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Forever on the Mountain. It's a very good read about the 1966 tragedy on Mt McKinley, published in 2007, sorry I forget the author's name. The book kinda makes Brad Washburn look like an egotistical jealous climber spouting out about his superiority at Degnan's deli on a rainy winter day.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Wade...I heard Keith Richards on Fresh Air and was moved to buy the audiobook. I don't even like the Rolling Stones. I hope it's as good as the interview.
We listened to Juliet, Naked last weekend. Easy fun, as is generally true of Nick Hornby books.
I love the Bean Trees. Sully, why does it make you shudder?
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Inner City
Trad climber
East Bay
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'Unbroken' by Laura Hillenbrand. Excellent story about the life of Louie Zamparini. She also wrote 'Seabiscuit' another gem.
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sac
Trad climber
Sun Coast B.C.
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A Passion for Mountains.
The lives of Don and Phyllis Munday.
By Kathryn Bridge.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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speaking of NPR, anyone catch Ray Davies on Morning edition the other day? Class act, all the way!
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Ashcroft
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Forever on the Mountain. It's a very good read about the 1966 tragedy on Mt McKinley, published in 2007, sorry I forget the author's name. The book kinda makes Brad Washburn look like an egotistical jealous climber spouting out about his superiority at Degnan's deli on a rainy winter day.
Coincidentally, i just read this too. For a slightly different perspective, you might read Hall of the Mountain King by Howard Snyder. (I'm not saying Snyder's perspective is more objective, just different.)
Both these got me curious about another McKinley epic earlier that year, so I also read Minus 148 Degrees by Art Davidson. I recommend that as well.
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Radish
Trad climber
SeKi, California
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Treasure of the Sierra Madre......B Travens............ Great read and alittle different from the Bogart movie.
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sempervirens
climber
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thanks Ashcroft, I'll look for those two books.
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
about the last great naval battle of ww2 (and history)...will bring you to tears
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Foxy Lady-
Truth, memory and the death of Western yachtsmen in Democratic Kampuchea.
By David Kattenburg
Just published and an excellent read. Story revolves around the capture of 8 sailors on 4 different sailboats in the Gulf of Thailand off Cambodia in the late 70s and subsequent torture and death.
Excellent history of Cambodia during this reign of terror.
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Tobia
Social climber
GA
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Same here Andy but only reading one right now.
The Wooden World by N.A.M. Rodgers
Just finished Columbus GA 1865.... by Charles Musilia
About to start WAter for Elephants by Sara Gruen
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scuffy b
climber
dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene
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Just finished The Prairie Falcon,
just starting another lap on Life On A Little-known Planet.
But, I just bought a copy of The Bean Trees. I guess I'll probably like it,
hate it or something else.
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Eric Beck
Sport climber
Bishop, California
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Star Island, Carl Hiaasen, now 80% through. All his books are hilarious albeit a bit demented. Amazing scenes of chaos and some classic recurring characters such as "Skink", the former governor of Florida, now a recluse living in a swamp off of road kills.
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NigelSSI
Trad climber
B.C.
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I'm about 1/2 way through zero history now, Jaybro. Enjoying it.
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treeman
climber
mule city
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The Summer of Naked Swim Parties by Jessica Anya Blau- a 14 year old girl's view of life growing up in Santa Barbara in the 70s.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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The Billionaires Wine
LOL, this cracked me up, good read!
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Chris2
Trad climber
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Something by Hunter S. Thompson;
I can't say I remember... most of it.
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seneca
climber
jamais, jamais pays
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The Wind-up Girl, Paulo Bacigalupi
Great Sci-Fi
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