Reading List-2007
Really, there’s a stalker book? I gotta read that one.
—Jim Carey, Eternal Sunshine
· Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
Fantastic, for a while… good, for a while… still there, for a while…. And it continues to go on and on and on… and on. Still working on this one.
· Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
A must read, I couldn’t put it down… mysterious and compelling; loved the movie
· A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Liked it but after I read some cliff notes on it I couldn’t finish it; only got half way through the book
· Decision at Trafalgar,
Excellent; on the Napoleonic battle at Trafalgar
· The Plot Against
Terrifyingly believable… fantastic… but the end was awful, suddenly everything magically worked out
· I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, Tucker MaxAmusing… one of the funniest things I’ve ever read.
· Walden, or Life in the Woods, Henry David Thoreau
Boring… just stick with Thoreau’s famous quotes, the rest is
a waste of time.
· To the Ends of the Earth, Gordon Wiltsie
Brilliant… this would be my career of choice.
· Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Aaron Ralston
Well written… I suggest reading the book, its must cheaper than paying $50,000 to hear the bastard speak.
Guides
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I spent hours upon hours in this book… good but out of date
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· Lonely Planet Blue List 2007: Lonely Planet
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· Rock Climbing
· Jemez Pock and
· Indian Creek: A Climbing Guide: Sharp End Publishing
The best written guide book I’ve ever seen
· Hikers and Climbers Guide to the Sandias:
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· Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills: The Mountaineers
Has been a favorite for many years, and many to come
· Self Rescue: NOLS
· Cookery: NOLS
· Fifty Summits, Joseph Poindexter
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· Colorado Ice Climber’s Guide, Cameron Burns
· Ice: Tools and Technique, Duane Raleigh
Poetry, Selections, Short Stories, and Essays
· All the Hits So Far, Bradley Hathaway
Inspiring and amusing
· A Leaky Tent is a Piece or Paradise, Short Stories
Most of these essays aren’t written by outdoorsy people at all but by people who went on a hike… once… a long time ago.
· Mixed Emotions, Greg Child
Vivid tales of mountaineering
· Lewis Thomas
· Friedrick Nietzsche
· Plato
· Ayn Rand
· Thomas Hobbes
· Henry David Thoreau
· Ralph Waldo Emerson
· Robert Frost
· Langston Hughes