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James
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A tent in the redwoods
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Dec 31, 2007 - 12:18am PT
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Vonnegut, Steinbeck, Sedaris, Wilde, Dumas, Raymond Carver...
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 31, 2007 - 12:38am PT
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Woody,
interesting that Conrad didn't learn to speak english until he was in his twenties.
Here's a wild read; Batavia's Graveyard by Mike Dash.
The 1529 wreck of the Dutch East India trading ship Batavia on the Houtmann Abrohlos off the west coast of what is now Australia quickly degenerated into the bloodiest naval mutiny in history, led by the notorious Jerome Cornelius.
Resisted by "the loyalists" led by wily British mercenary Webbe Hays the mutineers appeared to be about to subdue the remaining survivors after months of conflict among the factions marooned on that string of barren islands when, like something from a movie script, a sail appeared on the horizon.
The loyalists saw their savior, but the mutineers knew that they would have to row their light craft out to the boat first (under false colors) and then seize it to survive.
The race was on,..
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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Dec 31, 2007 - 01:14am PT
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English was the fourth language Conrad learned. But you wouldn't guess this reading Heart of Darkness.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 31, 2007 - 05:15am PT
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hey there.... awwwww, i just GOT to add this :)
"INTRODUCING..." by Neebeeshaabookway
http://jj-ns.read-jake-and-donate.com
http://geocities.com/neebeeshaabookway/
fiction, short stories, very different for those that like exploring new trails in reading.... check it out... :)
*and say, the small royalties all go to a food bank
for LOVE INC in michigan...
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona, Spain
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Dec 31, 2007 - 05:52am PT
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H.W. Tilman wrote a lot of entertaining stuff, both in mountaineering and sailing.
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