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by Bill Bryson
Amazon Price: $10.17
Customer Reviews:
» Having fell in love with the audio version of Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, I decided to give A Walk in the Woods a try. This audio is also read by the author.
Bill ...
» Like all the other Bryon books I have read, this gem will make you howl with delight. It also has a more serious side than his other works I have enjoyed. In addition, don't be surprised if you fini...
» Bill Bryson once again brings his reader's along with him on an adventure in the wilderness. No disappointment here. Whether looking for a light read with a little satire and humor or really looking f...
» Having spent many nights on the AT and the surrounding towns I found this book delightful. It's full of great snapshots of life under the canopy, trudging up and down the muddy trail, encountering pe...
» I started out really enjoying this book, the first half is pretty funny. The second part, not so much. Bryson contradicts his words with his actions. He berates the forestry dept.(often with good re...
by Ed Viesturs, David Roberts
Amazon Price: $11.20
Customer Reviews:
» This is a fascinating story of an amazing quest. Besides the usual climbing heroics, close calls, and tragedies, I found the personal story of Viesturs' evolution wonderful. The story is very well t...
» Takes up where "Into thin air" leaves off. Explains the motivation and the dangers of climbing high.
» This is a great first hand account of what it is like to devot your life to something. Ed Viesturs is a remarkable character and climber. This is more than just a climbing story. The author's determin...
» I was handed this book by a colleague, saying, "Hey, you're Latvian, too, aren't you?" Indeed, I am, and if perhaps my first spark of interest in this book came from that - Ed Viesturs' father, Elmars...
» I enjoy reading about mountaineering and eagerly await all new books on the subject. I am a long time fan of Ed Viesturs; he has amazing accomplishments. The most significant of which -- he is STILL ...
by Jennifer Lowe-anker
Amazon Price: $16.47
Customer Reviews:
» After Alex died I was devistated.
As a member of Alex's climbing community I have met many that knew him.
Unfortunately for me I never had the pleasure. He was a 'climbers,...
» I loved this book. I could not put it down. I also bought it for my friends and family.
Jennifer's story is one that inspires courage. It is a fascinating story of adventure and love. It was ve...
» Whether they admit to it or not, each individual has a personal idol to which he or she aspires to achieve the same pathway of success. It may be an international politician, a Nobel Prize winner, or...
» I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand the world of extreme athletes or who is dealing with loss and grief. The author shared some of the most intimate details of her amazing ...
» I bought this book a week after it came out and have read it 2 1/2 times since I bought it. I have made many references out of this book in conversation and have learned a lot about the people in the ...
by Paul Tawrell
Amazon Price: $31.50
Customer Reviews:
» I found this book to cover many topics in depth (probably more than most are looking for). I found the reading to be a little dry and the material to sometimes be outdated. Not bad as a reference tool...
» As a former Scout and now as a Assistant Scout Master, I recommend this book as the best overall camping and survival manual to all Boy Scouts as a reference guide. Over the years, the BSA manuals hav...
» This is a great book and should be read by all who enjoy the outdoors on a regular basis.
» When I was growing up, I was one of those nerdy kids that liked to read National Geographic, Popular Mechanics, and even had Encarta 97 that I used to look up articles in.
When I got this...
» This book has lots of information about survival in the city and in the country.
by Henry Stedman
Amazon Price: $19.55
Customer Reviews:
» Henry Stedman looks like a guy who knows.
I'm planning a trip to Kilimanjaro witha group of friends. The guide looks pretty practical. Henry, we'll check it
» I bought this book as a gift for my brother John last Christmas because he had a trip to Kilimanjaro scheduled for July.
He told me before the trip that he was suprised how detailed the info i...
» I purchased the Second Edition (September 2006) of "Kilimanjaro: The Trekking Guide to Africa's Highest Mountain" in July 2007. Within a week (as I was sitting on airplanes far too often and had tim...
» My husband is planning to trek Kilimanjaro, and apparently this has been a helpful, great starting source!
» Detailed maps and route information make this guide to Mount Kilimanjaro a must-have for those wanting to climb it.
by Aron Ralston
Amazon Price: $11.20
Customer Reviews:
» After reading this book I realized that I would probably despise Ralston if I ever met him in real life due to conflicting personalities, but that does not take away from the sheer awesomeness of this...
» I found this book inspiring. His will to live drove him to make decisions that most of us cannot even imagine. It will drive readers to value their lives even more.
I gave it 4 stars inst...
» I've a feeling we have not heard the last of Aron Ralston, but it won't be long before we do.
His narration of the nearly fatal idiocy that cost him his right hand is interspersed with f...
» I think readers would be better served by skipping every other chapter in this book or just searching online for Aron Ralston, you'll find it. A reader above mentioned he doesn't come off as bragging ...
» Aron is an inspiration to all of us and an incredible writer. He fully acknowledges his flaws as a human being which makes this book all the more powerful. He loves life to the limit and paid a high p...
by Dan M. Hague, Douglas Hunter
Amazon Price: $23.07
Customer Reviews:
» i'm a new climber but this book is well written and easy to understand. lots of terminology and techniques to help any climber improve. has lots of diagrams that are easy to follow.
» This book really took me by surprise...I was expected the normal lame guide to technique that briefly explains moves while barely saying anything about when and where to use these moves. However, I wa...
» When I bought this book, I was a 5.10/5.10+ climber with occasional luck on 5.11-. Now I am comfortably climbing 5.11/5.11+. If you are looking for ways to climb better and smarter, this is the book f...
» if you have climbed for a couple of months and want to
1) understand better techniques and movements
2) improve your style
3) become more aware while climbing and watching others ...
» Brilliant book.
So many ideas for those non-professional climbers (like me) who don't have a coach.
Turning, flagging, drop knees are fully explained. Chapter about Movement initian...
by Andy Tyson, Molly Loomis
Amazon Price: $12.89
Customer Reviews:
» This book does a great job of teaching all the minimalist tricks climbers use to complete the tasks industrial rope workers would use mechanical devices for.
While most of the information will b...
» How best to respond when your climbing team gets into difficulty? First, read CLIMBING SELF-RESCUE: IMPROVISING SOLUTIONS FOR SERIOUS SITUATIONS from cover to cover. It holds the keys to using the tea...
» I concur with the previous review. Excellent detail and a plethora of photographs to illustrate each point. This book includes a section on ascending out of a glacier crevasse as well. Andy Tyson a...
» This is currently the best book on self rescue. Tyson and Loomis provide clear instructions that are understandable to climbers new to leading and detailed enough for long-timers. There's a lot of inf...
by James M. Tabor
Amazon Price: $8.22
Customer Reviews:
» Still a mystery in parts, but the story of this expedition is well worth reading and reflecting upon. Despite careful preparation and execution, weather will have its out in the long run, and weather...
» I highly recommend this book, although I have not read (yet) the books written by expedition leader Joe Wilcox and expedition member Howard Snyder.
You don't get much more thorough than t...
» I am one of those people that is always in the middle of eight books. I start a book, somewhere along the way I pick something else up, I get busy. this happens to me all the time. Some days I get hou...
» Tabor has put together a beautiful, extremely balanced account of a tragedy that includes the objective, the subjective, and quite tastefully, the emotions of the survivors. I read it once, and then h...
» Enjoyed the book quite a bit. Thought the author tried to be objective but his appraisals did make themselves known. However, his bias was even-handed and therefore gave a pretty fair picture. Felt...
by Craig Luebben
Amazon Price: $18.57
Customer Reviews:
» I've been working my way into lead climbing and this is my favorite book on climbing anchors. After taking many classes and climbing with "old schoolers", the book really solidified what I had already...
» Luebben's experience, knowledge and research shine through in this informative, accurate book on rock climbing anchors. I found the book to be useful for beginner and expert alike. This work is a fu...
» Very current and well organized book! Craig Luebben has obviously absorbed the new anchoring concepts that have cropped up recently and has helped me understand the advantages and disadvantages to ea...
» I've read all the anchor building books and so far, I have found this one to be the best one. Easy to understand, backed up by testing, lots of pictures (a picture speaks a thousand words!), a well-w...
» Craig breaks anchors down into clear concepts, some of which John Long made blurry. The only thing I would have liked were color pictures...simply because some of the anchors were hard to see in B and...
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