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susanjoypaul wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:56 am
If you're looking for more polar adventure, I'm in the middle of In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette right now and it's pretty great.
I listened to the audiobook of that this past summer and enjoyed it, though not as much as Blood and Thunder by the same author. Another good book about the Arctic is Fridtjof Nansen's Farthest North. It's old enough to escape the long tentacles of copyright, so the e-book is free. Volume II is the good part, and his discussion of food and other provisions is also interesting.
I'm currently enjoying Miriam (O'Brian) Underhill's Give Me the Hills, about her mountaineering exploits in the Alps and Western States, written in engaging and self-deprecating style.
susanjoypaul wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:56 am
If you're looking for more polar adventure, I'm in the middle of In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette right now and it's pretty great.
I listened to the audiobook of that this past summer and enjoyed it, though not as much as Blood and Thunder by the same author. Another good book about the Arctic is Fridtjof Nansen's Farthest North. It's old enough to escape the long tentacles of copyright, so the e-book is free. Volume II is the good part, and his discussion of food and other provisions is also interesting.
I'm currently enjoying Miriam (O'Brian) Underhill's Give Me the Hills, about her mountaineering exploits in the Alps and Western States, written in engaging and self-deprecating style.
Thanks. Haven't read any of those but I'll add them to my list. I just started reading Climbing Days by Dorothy Pilley too, another Alps climber (like Miriam O'Brien).
It looks like Blood and Thunder is available on Audible, and it looks like I have an Audible credit, soooo...
Just finished, "The Indifferent Stars Above, The Harrowing Saga of the DONNER PARTY" by Daniel James Brown. Makes me want to retrace their steps - in the summer of course. Folks back then were tough, resilient and wore suffrage better than most do today.
I will be reading Nims Purja's new book "Beyond Possible". I know some people didn't like the recent documentary about him because of a lack of detail about the climbs, so hopefully this book will fix that.
A note of caution: There is a kid's version of this book with the same title, but a different cover photo.
Every village has at least one idiot. Successful villages choose someone else to be their leader.
turbocat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:27 pm
"A Place in Which to Search: Summers in the Wind Rivers" Joe Kelsey
Thanks for the rec. I've used his Winds guidebook, which has some personality, and saw this book in the Jackson library last summer, though I didn't have time to check it out.
Listened on audio, solid book and reading. Gives a history and speculation on the future of ski bumming. Interesting, familiar local references and history. Trigger warning on climate change and social equity. But I think this makes a really balanced book, not too preachy and in fact introspective about her own life and similar in which a singular pursuit is imperfectly idealistic.
pcsongei wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 6:40 am
One of the better books I read recently was A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. Highly recommend. In fact, I've loved to read since college, but I often didn't have time for it during my studies. So I started using a service https://plainmath.net/post-secondary/ca ... -equations that could explain differential equations on the topic. That way I could better prepare for exams and have more free time to read.
Yes it's a great book, I'm thinking of rereading it.
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