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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 12, 2012 - 01:31am PT
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Bri,
Repeat very, very cool.
He'll treasure this photo if you send him one to thank him for all of us here for writing the book, if you would. Just a suggestion.
Bri
Edit: Thanks to Shack for bumping this thread. Time alone with a book is a precious thing, sharing what you read with others is neighborly, and using what you've read to improve your life and those of your neighbors is the highest good. Look it up in the bible.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Sep 12, 2012 - 01:38am PT
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^good idea mouse; I'll get on that. Just finished the book, and it was great. Lots of climbing in this one. I am not the fasted reader out there and I read the book in a day! I couldn't put it down.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Sep 12, 2012 - 01:41pm PT
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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.
Thats it. I first read them in elementary school, my first big read. Had to ask my father what "tenacious" meant. Seems like I acquired the trait somehow.
The British are frequently criticized by other nations for their dislike of change, and indeed we love England for those aspects of nature and life which change the least. Here in the West Country, where I was born, men are slow of speech, tenacious of opinion,
Kind of amazing that you can now read the entire trilogy on-line.
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks08/0800401h.html
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Sep 20, 2012 - 11:16pm PT
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zB, yes mega classics. I finished the Cook Book "Blue Latitudes." By Yony Horwitz, "Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before."
By the way, Captain Bligh of the Mutiny trilogy was an officer with Cook on his first voyage. Also, Bligh had 2 subsequent mutinys in later life after his issues with Mr. Christian and winning the trial.
Now I'm reading the story of Major John Wesley Powell's second voyage down the Colorado River by Frederick Dellenbaugh (("Canyon Voyage?") yes, it is in the car). It is most excellant. There are no mutinys involved. Powell was a great leader, he had a sense of humor and liked to sing.
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splitter
Trad climber
Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Sep 21, 2012 - 01:50am PT
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I just picked up a couple books that are kinda old news, but I finally got around to them. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo & The Men Who Stare At Goats. So far, the TGWTDT is extremely boring. I cud give a sh#t about Swiss baking, etc.! I am around 50+ pages nto it and can remember little. I pick it up and struggle through a chapter and put it down and leave it their for a few days. Everyone I talk to says its great. Maybe I'm wierd. I have ben thinking about watching the movie first. The very beggining did pique my curriosity with the pressd and mounted flower every year. But that kind of disapeared into a fog of business coruption, etc.! Guess i will continue to slog on through it, but it was not what i was hoping for. I haven't started MWSAG yet. I prefer nonfiction/history/autobiographies, etc. or classic/american lit.! Maybe i will check what people have been reading here a little closer!
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Sep 21, 2012 - 03:00am PT
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maybe someone here knows of Jon Turk? climber and adventurer/scientist from Colorado. I am reading his "The Raven's Gift" about his travel in Siberia and his experience there with an elderly female shaman healer.
I also started Paul Coelho's "Aleph" also about a mystical healing while on the Trans Siberian Railroad. I had no idea I had picked up two books on the same theme describing the same area. Maybe this bodes well for my own next adventure as I've been lazily considering the Kamchatka Peninsula via Alaska as a next destination. crazy.
I am finishing "My Life as an Indian" which is great and found here upthread or on the other book thread recommended by someone here. True ish account of white guy who bridged the racial and cultural gap at the turn of the century.
yeah I read Girl with the dragon tattoo and it took quite a few pages until it became engaging as a who dunnit. I couldn't actually get into the characters although my brother read it and found the characterizations fascinating. There is a great revenge scene that is just delightful in a twisted sort of way.
I have enjoyed this thread immensely and found many recommendations that stimulated my reading. Thanks everyone.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 21, 2012 - 03:06am PT
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Italic Text
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Sep 21, 2012 - 03:33am PT
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The complete version of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It's froody.
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Mr Roy
climber
Seattle
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Sep 21, 2012 - 04:06pm PT
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"A Log from the Sea of Cortez" by John Steinbeck
And thanks Deli Dog, been looking for a book about that.
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tornado
climber
lawrence kansas
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Sep 21, 2012 - 04:37pm PT
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Ronnie Wood's autobiography
Lot's of surprises. This guy has done it all and hung out with a truly odd array of famous folks.
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fsck
climber
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Sep 21, 2012 - 05:46pm PT
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i thought Cell was hilarious. i just read it as a sort of a dark, extended rant against technology. The Stand it ain't but i got a few chuckles out of it.
anyone here read Cloud Atlas by david mitchell? i'm halfway thru it and interested to see how he ties all the stories together.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Sep 21, 2012 - 09:57pm PT
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Autobiography of Christopher Carson AKA Kit Carson.
It is short and to the point and he is the king of the understatement. Amazing read.
Memoirs Of My Life by John Charles Fremont.
The first edition with all the maps, very cool piece of history, worth it for the maps alone.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Sep 30, 2012 - 11:04am PT
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"SKELETONS NON THE ZAHARA"
By Dean King
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Oct 15, 2012 - 11:57am PT
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First Ascent by Stephen Venables. Great stories in this book.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Oct 15, 2012 - 12:15pm PT
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Just finished Telegraph by Michael Chabon. Lots of fun name checking of the places in my neighborhood. It had its ups and downs otherwise.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 15, 2012 - 12:15pm PT
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In one Person. John Irving
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Oct 15, 2012 - 12:40pm PT
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Redemption Ark - Alastair Reynolds, for those of you that like hardcore sci-fi.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Oct 15, 2012 - 09:11pm PT
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Jay, how did you like the new Irving? i typically love his stuff but for whatever reason the stuff I've read about the themes in the book don't seem that appealing to me.
I'm reading the whole Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo. I'm on the third in the series, and enjoying it.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Oct 15, 2012 - 09:36pm PT
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne.
Not too far into it yet, but looks like it will be good. Batrock, you should read this after you're done with the Kit Carson book. Sounds like it may be the same story from two different persepctives, at least in part. I always like doing that with history themes. Think IŽll try to find your book when I'm done with this one.
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Bill Mc Kirgan
Trad climber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Oct 15, 2012 - 09:38pm PT
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'The Big Drop'
Surfing stories edited by John Long
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