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pc
climber
East of Seattle
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Anyone interested in the human sciences should check out:
"An Inquiry into the Philosophical Foundations of the Human Sciences" (San Francisco State University Series in Philosophy) (Paperback)
by Alfred Claassen (Author), David Rubinstein (Foreword)
Yes. He's my bro and no it's not spam 'cause it is a great read and I'm not making a dime. ;)
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Speaking of Moby Dick, I'm just finishing Sea Of Glory about the US Exploring Expedition by Nathaniel Philbrick.
Terrific!
Many have suggested that Ahab was based on Charles Wilkes who led the US Ex Ex (which included two sorties to Antarctica, the basis of the "great white" whale) and Melville even mentions the US Ex Ex in Moby Dick.
What's more, Wilkes actually met the captain of the Essex, the ship that WAS sunk by a whale.
Inner City,
if you like Fleming read his compendium of epic british 19th century expeditions entitled Barrow's Boys.
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HJ
Social climber
Bozeman, Montana
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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It was Heller's definitive work. I was quite disappointed with Something Happened.
And, TopRoper, if one reads Guns, Germs, and Steel, one should balance the perspactive of environmental determinism by reading Carnage And Culture by Victor Davis Hanson.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Cross posted, Rad.
(Dial up sucks)
Apparently Queequeg's (sp?) facial tattoos were based on a Maori crewmember signed onto the US Ex Ex in New Zealand.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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I was quite disappointed with Something Happened.
I have tried to read Something Happened at least three times. At the same place in the book, I get so overwhemingly depressed by it I can't continue. It's powerfully written, maybe too powerfully.
Maybe if I tried some of Juan's zoloft...
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Gary,
I think you will react the same when you finish it.
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youngharz
Boulder climber
Carpinteria
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Maiden Voyage -- by Tania Aebi
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soaring_bird
Trad climber
Cheyenne, WY
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a few priceless classics:
Downward Bound: by Warren Harding
Close Calls: by Largo
Touching the Void: by Joe Simpson
The FAR/AIM: by the FAA
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Frog Man Junior
Social climber
CA
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Forgot to mention:
"WE" By Charles A Lindbergh
Nautilus 90 North. By Commander William R. Anderson USN.
Both are page turners!
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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God are you guys light,
Louis Ferdinand Celine,
Death On The Installment Plan
Gene Genet,
The Thief's Journal
Charles Bukowski,
anything...
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Frog Man Junior
Social climber
CA
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Well Raydog, it's for a rest day ya know.
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ADK
climber
truckee
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ron, have you read philbricks, "in the heart of the sea"
Its a great read as well...about the whaling ship, essex.
Ill have to check out sea of glory.
100 years of solitude by marquez is a personal favorite.
Any steinbeck novel...
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Alright rest day reading - I get it here you go - do yourself a favor and check out Jack London's short story compilations - you won't believe it - he was such a natural and gifted story teller - there's edgy stuff in there too, brilliant timeless stories that actually inspire people to treat on another better..imagine.
The Nightborne is feminist masterpiece written by a man.
Go see his statue on the Oakland waterfront.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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ADK,
haven't read it. I first heard of the Essex on the Discovery channel program, MOBY DICK the True Story.
Pretty sad tale. Imagine you have to return home and face the relatives of the man who lost the lottery, and who you then killed and ate.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sailing Alone Around the World, by Joshua Slocum, is also fun. Especially his goat story.
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