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| SawtoothSean | Nice List | |
Voted 10/10 | Looks like my personal library... Great idea to create a list like this on SP. | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2007 2:17 am | ||
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| Mountain Impulse | Re: Nice List | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks. It was fun putting together. | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2007 3:57 am | ||
| HedUp | Great List | |
Voted 10/10 | I've recently read "Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey", and have been wondering about some other books that would be as good....Now I know! | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2007 6:16 am | ||
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| Mountain Impulse | Re: Great List | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for your comment. Yep, there's a lot of great stuff out there. | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2007 5:35 pm | ||
| Sebastian Hamm | Very informative | |
Voted 10/10 | It´s good to see what`s out there in english. I think I will test the books "Above the Clouds - Anatoli Boukreev" and the "Minus 148°". Sebastian | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2007 10:07 am | ||
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| Mountain Impulse | Re: Very informative | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks. Boukreev's The Climb (about the 1996 Everest disaster) is also excellent. | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2007 7:28 pm | ||
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| Sebastian Hamm | Re: Very informative | |
Voted 10/10 | Yeah, I red it in german years ago. I can recommend you books of Hans Kammerlander, if they are available in english. "Hans Kammerlander - Am seidenen Faden" "Hans Kammerlander - Bergsuechtig" | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2007 7:44 pm | ||
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| Mountain Impulse | Re: Very informative | |
Hasn't voted | Sebastian, Thank you for those recommendations. I will definitely check to see if his works are in English. | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2007 8:00 pm | ||
| lisae | NIce List! | |
Voted 10/10 | Gives me some ideas about future reading material. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2007 3:08 am | ||
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| Mountain Impulse | Re: NIce List! | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks Lisae. We have to come indoors sometime and what better thing to do than to get right back outside vicariously. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2007 3:47 am | ||
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| lisae | Re: NIce List! | |
Voted 10/10 | Well, I read by flashlight when camping, even if it is just the guide book. Part of my preparations for a road trip include buying several new books to read while traveling. I want to read David Roberts two early books. I read 'On the Ridge between Life and Death' recently and want to see how his writing has changed. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2007 4:10 am | ||
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| Mountain Impulse | Re: NIce List! | |
Hasn't voted | Roberts was pretty good in his earlier writings as well. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2007 4:17 am | ||
| Dean | White Winds.... | |
Voted 10/10 | I met Joe Wilcox when I lived in Auburn Washington. He was trying to deal with the aftermath of the Denali tragedy and a book that was published by one of the Colorado group, Howard Snyder, In the Hall of the Mountain King (in my library). He was working on the book White Winds (no title then) to put forth his experience on that expedition as the other book wasn't very kind to him. BTW, I too am hooked on mountain oriented books, I have a ton of them and love every book. Of course, now Summitpost grabs a lot of my time...... | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2007 4:39 am | ||
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| Mountain Impulse | Re: White Winds.... | |
Hasn't voted | Dean, Thanks for your personal note. I have read Synder's book and somehow it slipped through my listing it. Seems that's it's easy to take pot-shots at the leader when something goes dreadfully wrong, but we put everything out there for people to make up their own minds. We're of a like mind regarding being hooked on mountain oriented books. Even re-reads of my very favorites long ago replaced TV in the evenings after work. Best regards, Augie | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2007 6:32 am | ||
| Eleutheros | Thanks for posting this page | |
Voted 10/10 | Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer - One of my favorite modern tragedies. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2007 7:38 am | ||
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| Mountain Impulse | Re: Thanks for posting this page | |
Hasn't voted | I've always particularly liked this as well; I've read it twice. Well put - a modern tragedy. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2007 5:51 pm | ||
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| Mountain Impulse | Re: Rowell? | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for pointing out this significant ommission. I have read a lot of his stuff, including High and Wild with all its beautiful pics, and agree that his writing is very good. Just inadvertence on my part which I'll correct. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2007 6:47 pm | ||
| Turbo | There is a lot I need to read :) | |
Voted 10/10 | Thanks for posting this list. As someone still new to mountaineering, this will help as look for more to read. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2007 9:51 pm | ||
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| Mountain Impulse | Re: There is a lot I need to read :) | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for your note. Watch out; you can get hooked on this stuff too. Enjoy. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2007 10:29 pm | ||
| TLP | unaware | |
Voted 10/10 | I wasn't aware of this list until you pointed it out. Thanks. I'm always on the lookout for good books to read. I've been getting into books about the mountains just recently. It's great. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2007 8:39 am | ||
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