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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Just finished a re-read, Autobiography of Malcom X. Now reading Stephen Ambrose's book on Eisenhower.
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Stevenson
Boulder climber
Los Angeles
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Being and Time-Martin Heidegger
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Stevenson
Boulder climber
Los Angeles
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Sartre, being a Frenchman, was a Cartesian philosopher (the tradition that Heidegger set out to critique). Remember Dasein doesn't translate to "I". Nausea will forever be a classic within the genre of existentialist literature, but even Heidegger thought Being and Nothingness was a terrible text.
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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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Sep 10, 2012 - 02:10am PT
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I just finished "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen (not his real name)
It's the story of Operation Neptune's Spear (the mission to kill Bin Laden).
It is the first person account of the planning, training and execution of the raid on Bin Laden's compound in Pakistan as told by one of the DEVGRU team leaders of the raid and the second guy into Bin Laden's room.
He was also on the helo that crashed.
It is a great read and clears up some of the questions and misinformation about the operation.
I highly recommend it.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Sep 10, 2012 - 09:23pm PT
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With the Old Breed, E.B. Sledge (for the fifth time)
Eugene (Sledgehammer) Sledge's spare and unflinching account of his shattering experience with The Marines K/3/5 on Peleliu and Okinawa.
Required reading.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 10, 2012 - 09:41pm PT
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What I want to read, but don't want to pay for
Can you request them from the public library, even if you have to wait for a bit?
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 10, 2012 - 09:52pm PT
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Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton. Off to an interesting start :)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 10, 2012 - 10:01pm PT
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Just polishing off Gervasutti's Climbs and it was so satisfying I forced myself to read a chapter at a time space widely apart. His writing is so damned good, and the stories are so historical. Shame about the ending, though.
Sledge's book: Top five unsung battles of the War, top one, even. Read it twice, recommended it many times. With the Old Breed is the real goods...
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Sep 11, 2012 - 03:56pm PT
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Got to meet a hero, and get his new book fresh off the presses :)
I almost read the thing in one sitting, but had to go to work instead! It's awesome so far.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Sep 11, 2012 - 04:38pm PT
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Inside Scientology
It's pretty shocking.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Sep 11, 2012 - 07:32pm PT
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Thanks Donald. It was very cool to say the least
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jmes
climber
CA
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Sep 11, 2012 - 09:07pm PT
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Margaret Atwood - the Handmaid's Tale. Pretty relevant for the coming months.
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domngo
climber
Canada
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Sep 11, 2012 - 11:23pm PT
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finished Paul Pritchard's Deep Play about 2 weeks ago, and just finished Totem Pole. Both Great reads and highly recommended.
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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Sep 11, 2012 - 11:50pm PT
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HHhH Laurent Binet's novel goes inside the assassination of the SS general Reinhard Heydrich.
also finished, Into that Darkness: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder. a study of Franz Stangl, the commandant of Treblinka.
Treblinka, you think Auschwitz was bad, whew, Treblinka was pure horror!
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Sep 11, 2012 - 11:54pm PT
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Dickbob
climber
Westminster Colorado
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Sep 12, 2012 - 12:23am PT
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I finally got a hold of a copy of "Let My People Go Surfing" I loved it.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Sep 12, 2012 - 12:28am PT
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I just powered through the Tyler Hamilton tell all,"The Secret Race." I got it on my b.day last Thurs. I could not put it down.
Then finished "The Book Thief." It was a long one but very good.
Just started a book today about Captain Cook, can't think of the title, it's out in the car. It's very good.
Hey zbrown, by the Bounty trilogy you mean "Mutiny on the Bounty," "Men Against the Sea," and "Pitcairns's Island?" 3 of my faves, mega, mega classics.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Sep 12, 2012 - 12:58am PT
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God, a Biography. Miles.
Fascinating. The author analyzes the 'God' of the Jewish scripture not theologically, nor historically, but as a character in a work of literature, highlighting the sometimes radical changes in his personality across the various books of the Old Testament.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 12, 2012 - 01:10am PT
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Just finished this one. Was a real eye opener regarding the timber industry especially in NA and specifically British Columbia. I'd certainly recommend it.
cheers
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