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flowin
Feb 14, 2007, 10:42 PM
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I have an 8 hour flight, want a good climbing book to read...suggestions
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zuegma
Feb 14, 2007, 10:45 PM
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Mountianeering: The Freedom of the Hills
great book
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climbtex
Feb 14, 2007, 10:46 PM
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classics would be Into thin Air, Touching the Void, maybe Annapurna South Face. One pretty cool book is Ghosts of Everest. Its about the team that climbed everest in search of Mallory and Irving's bodies and tried to figure out if they made the summit or not. All good reads.
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anykineclimb
Feb 14, 2007, 10:52 PM
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I found Addicted to Danger to be a great read.
Kiss or Kill is good too. if you like Twight's style
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redpoint_dog
Feb 14, 2007, 10:55 PM
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Feeding the rat
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jman
Feb 14, 2007, 10:57 PM
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Depends on age and climbing experience, but I really liked Joe Simpson's "The Beckoning Silence" and "This Game of Ghosts".
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flowin
Feb 14, 2007, 10:58 PM
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some i have read, some i havent. thanks for the info!
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cintune
Feb 14, 2007, 10:59 PM
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Anker's Lost Explorer about finding Mallory is good, but not 8 hours worth.
Whymper's Scrambles Among the Alps is the all-time classic.
Krakauer's Eiger Dreams is pretty good.
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flowin
Feb 14, 2007, 11:03 PM
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i have read most of Krakaurs work
into the woods
touching the void
eiger dreams
I like books like that. Real storys of survival, truimph or failure....
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kranney
Feb 14, 2007, 11:07 PM
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Check out Mountain of My Fear/Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative, Moments of Doubt or On the Ridge Between Life and Death by David Roberts
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fitzontherocks
Feb 14, 2007, 11:14 PM
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I just finished "The Edge of Justice," by Clinton McKinzie, an actual climber/former DA/law enforcement guy. It's an adventure/crime thriller kind of book. A decent read. Just overlook that he has to explain certain things for noobs that we take for granted. It's got a little bit of that John Grisham page-turner factor late in the book. In fact, if anyone else has read this, I'd be interested in their views. Have a nice flight.
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flowin
Feb 14, 2007, 11:30 PM
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man, now i have to go look all these books up! I wont be bored, uncomfortable yes, but well read.
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iamthewallress
Feb 14, 2007, 11:41 PM
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There's a book about the first 5 women to summit K2 who all died getting down or in other mountaineering accidents. I can't think of the title, but it was great. Savage Mountain, maybe.
Into Thin Air has been accused of being sensationalized, and I don't have enough info to comment on that. It is, however, one hell of a page turner that made me cry too.
Lynn Hill and Stacy Allison's autobiographies were both great.
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bennydh
Feb 14, 2007, 11:55 PM
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Snow in the Kingdom
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majid_sabet
Feb 15, 2007, 12:23 AM
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John Long came up with this book called 67 near death experience or climbing close calls , (some thing like that). You guys should get this book and read it.
It is so funny; I have to give AAA to John for writing that book.
Story from the book
This dude goes on El Cap with a girl to give her what she wants. Once they arrived at the ledge some pitches up and set up a portaledge, dude gets naked and attaches the main rope to his ankles cause harness was on the way.
Shortly after, the canvas material from the portaledge brakes apart and guy drop from the middle of it and gets hanged upside down backward 10 feet below the poratledge with group of climber from pitch down below looking at the naked man.
He climbs back on the rope....
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jp_sucks
Feb 15, 2007, 12:43 AM
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If anyone wants to read the most up to date and technically accurate book out there, order a copy of the ACMB/AMGA Guide manual. It's available to non-guides as well and full of good info.
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snoangel
Feb 15, 2007, 12:47 AM
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^^^I'll have some of what Henry's having.
The High Lonesome by John Long (solo climbing stories) is a good read.
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marckylove
Feb 15, 2007, 1:14 AM
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Feeding the Rat. Don't know the author, but it's a book about Joe Brown's climbing career and helmet biz. One of the best books I've ever read..
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majid_sabet
Feb 15, 2007, 1:28 AM
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jp_sucks wrote: If anyone wants to read the most up to date and technically accurate book out there, order a copy of the ACMB/AMGA Guide manual. It's available to non-guides as well and full of good info.
AMGA has technically accurate book on what ? Guide to get you and your client killed !!!
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jp_sucks
Feb 15, 2007, 1:48 AM
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Don't worry, the book is written by the ACMG and not the scary at best AMGA. They just get to put their name on it and use it.
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rocknrone
Feb 15, 2007, 1:57 AM
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Another vote for touching the void.
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dr_feelgood
Feb 15, 2007, 2:02 AM
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Jeff Long: The Wall. Hell just about any of his stuff'll do.
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flowin
Feb 15, 2007, 2:22 AM
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yeah so i just bought addicted to danger and another book for 3 bucks....love cheap books. thanks again for the beta
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ncurtis101
Feb 15, 2007, 2:22 AM
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Into the Void
Camp 4
Enduring Patagonia
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