[Chief Joseph]

The second death of George Mallory, by Reinhold Meissner.

Mostly a historical account with the majority of the book being Mallory's journal entries. Kind of dry, yet interesting.

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Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.

[Phil]

Just finished Thousand Autumns

Highly recommended.

[The Angry Hiker]

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[Toonces]

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If you show fear, a monkey will bully you.

[lookout bob]

Robert Crais  new book "Taken"  Loads of fun.
Just finished Dana Stabenow's new one ...a Kate Shugak novel....her series is terrific and she sure has matured as a writer.  check 'em out.   

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"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")

[BigSteve]

Funny sh##, TAH and Toonces   

Just finished Outliers: The Story of Success

[The Angry Hiker]

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[Slugman]

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I get a warm and fuzzy feeling whenever I see parents taking their kids on backpacking trips, while at the same time wishing they would go away - Slugman

[The Angry Hiker]

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[lookout bob]

       

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"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")

[Backpacker Joe]

Everybody's a wise guy these days.......

No Easy Hope

-James N. Cook

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"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them."

—Wayne's John Bernard Books in The Shootist

[T Mary]

The Snow Child  http://eowynivey.com/snowchild.shtml

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"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend."  Robert Louis Stevenson

[Chief Joseph]

Where the Mountain casts it's Shadow....by Maria Coffey.

Basically it is a book detailing famous Mountaineers and how they died, where they died, and who they left behind.

It is so depressing to me that I can only read a bit at a time. Unreal how many have lost their lives chasing summits. It must truly be a sickness to risk your life to attain, especially the ones who have left a wife and small children behind. People who are that selfish {as most great Mountain climbers typically are} really should not have families.

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Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.

[Mike Collins]

Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne offers a thoroughly researched historical account of the rise and fall of the Comanche Nation. The author expertly presents the subject material by interweaving events that splash with kaleidoscopic brilliance from the pages. This book was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize and I only put it down to eat meals on a recent long flight. If you enjoy reading books on American westward expansion then welcome to this feast.

[lookout bob]

Just finished "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.  Fabulous.
Reading " Among Others" by Jo Walton.  Also Fabulous.....

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"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")