BCJ wrote:All Elevations Unknown: An Adventure in the Heart of Borneo by Sam Lightner
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Also, Ninety Degrees North: The Quest for the North Pole. An extensive history of expeditions to reach the North Pole "back in the day."
by liferequiresair » Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:57 pm
BCJ wrote:All Elevations Unknown: An Adventure in the Heart of Borneo by Sam Lightner
by phydeux » Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:57 pm
by Sierra Ledge Rat » Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:04 pm
by mconnell » Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:12 pm
Sierra Ledge Rat wrote:I'm kinda partial to the old adventure books from the19th and 20th centuries - things like Whymper's books or Scott's diary or Clarence King's Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada.
I like to get my hands on the original book, I have quite a collection.
by fatdad » Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:31 pm
by mconnell » Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:39 pm
rmick25 wrote:On a seperate note I would also recommend "Of Men and Mountains" by William O. Douglas. Especially for those who live in the Pacific N.W. It's one of my favorites.
by jackstraw0083 » Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:04 pm
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by The Chief » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:03 pm
by MichaelJ » Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:34 pm
Gary Schenk wrote:Anything about the search for the Northwest Passage, especially about Sir John Franklin. I spent a summer reading everything I could about those guys. They planned on being trapped in pack ice. Franklin was gone something like four years before they thought they might need to go look for him.
by WouterB » Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:47 pm
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