bremerton_john Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 Rock Jocks, Wall Rats and Hangdogs! This book is major hilarious. John Long has to be the funniest climbing SOB out there. Quote
dryad Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 I have a special fondness for the passage in "Eiger Dreams" where the French dude in the bar in Chamonix calls Krakauer a pussy for not free-soloing or parachuting off the top of Aiguile-du-something-or-other. "But that is so BANAL!" Quote
j_b Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 no picnic on mt. kenya by felice benuzi (sp?) beautiful story about war prisoners who escape to climb kenya with minimal equipment. great illustration of why we climb mountains. Quote
cj001f Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 willstrickland said: Mt. Analogue - Rene' Daumal (finally got ahold of this after two years of looking through the local library) Excellent book! Also fun for sierra fans is the collection of Norman Clyde works. Quote
bunglehead Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 Ahhh! Mt Analogue! EXCELLENT book. Somehow I find it incredibly right that Dumal never finished it. Quote
erik Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 bunglehead said: Ahhh! Mt Analogue! EXCELLENT book. Somehow I find it incredibly right that Dumal never finished it. i got that book as a present a few years back...and i have enver been able to finnish it...i dunno why.... and now that i think about it..i think someone has borrowed it!!!! if you have my mt analouge book give it back!!! Quote
bird Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 erik said: it just makes me smile to read it! I second this one. I also like Camp 4 by Steve Roper. It is a good history of early Yosemite big walling. Quote
Cairns Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 First mountain book I read - Annapurna. Got inspired to climb big mountains. Second book I read - Last Blue Mountain. Told myself never to climb any big mountains. Thin Air Mixed Emotions Climberz is great, too. Anything by John Muir for uplift Quote
forrest_m Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 Cloud Walkers by Paddy Sherman, about the generation of brits that emigrated to british columbia after WWII. Don't know if it's actually great literature, but it was one of the two books about climbing that my high school library had, so I have a soft spot in my heart for it. (Harrer's The White Spider was the other) I strongly second the recommendations for Breaking Point, Eiger Dreams and Sherman Exposed. It thought This Game of Ghosts was anti-climactic. You realize that Simpson has to be a tough mother because he's so darn accident prone. Though you gotta love the part at the end where, injured again, being lowered down a big alpine face again, his partner turns to him and hands over his pocket knife. Quote
Junebug Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 Endurance about Shackleton's Antartica fiasco. Not a climbing book, but it has one of the greatest traverses ever done across Georgia island (?) by Shackleton and three other people - over mountains and glaciers with hardly any gear. A glissade down a steep hillside in a white out with no gear and no idea if there is a runout (risky!!). I won't tell you what happens, but Conrad Anker tried the same traverse a few years ago and thought it was very hard even nowadays. How did they do it! Quote
chelle Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 "Storms of Silence" Joe Simpson "The Last Step" Rick Ridgeway "The Ascent of Everest" John Hunt "Tents in the Clouds" Monica Jackson & Elizabeth Stark Quote
chelle Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 Dru said: You know, everyone goes to Nepal with "Seven Years in Tibet" and then whines about how much things have changed. Grow up! I thought they all took "The Snow Leopard"... I couldn't finish it because he just kept droning on and on... Quote
Dru Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 ehmmic said: Dru said: You know, everyone goes to Nepal with "Seven Years in Tibet" and then whines about how much things have changed. Grow up! I thought they all took "The Snow Leopard"... I couldn't finish it because he just kept droning on and on... how come no one has flamed me yet for asserting that people go to Tibet with a book about Nepal? Quote
ClimbingH Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 willstrickland said: Crystal Horizon - Reinhold Messner Shisha Pangma--Scott and MacIntyre The Last River--Balf (though not a climbing book, it is an awesome white water kayak epic read) Quote
bunglehead Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 Dru said: how come no one has flamed me yet for asserting that people go to Tibet with a book about Nepal? Because Dru, nobody here knows the difference Quote
chelle Posted November 1, 2003 Posted November 1, 2003 Dru said: ehmmic said: Dru said: You know, everyone goes to Nepal with "Seven Years in Tibet" and then whines about how much things have changed. Grow up! I thought they all took "The Snow Leopard"... I couldn't finish it because he just kept droning on and on... how come no one has flamed me yet for asserting that people go to Tibet with a book about Nepal? Because you said people go to Nepal with a book about Tibet. Which is what I subtly implied. Guess I forgot you have to be direct when communicating with guys... back to my mars/venus book! Nepal is a beautiful country though! Quote
Dru Posted November 1, 2003 Posted November 1, 2003 Why don't you take on Gray and write "Mars and Venus in The Haulbag: Rel;ationship Advice for Climbers" They can put it on the shelf with "Cold Chicken Soup From The Can For The Dirtbag's Soul" Quote
Ursa_Eagle Posted November 1, 2003 Posted November 1, 2003 I haven't read it yet, but it's on my list of things to do: "The Ascent of Rum Doodle" Quote
nolanr Posted November 1, 2003 Posted November 1, 2003 Ursa_Eagle said: I haven't read it yet, but it's on my list of things to do: "The Ascent of Rum Doodle" Read it recently, thought it was okay. Mostly mildly amusing rather than the hilarity I was expecting. Agree w/ several other posters, Conquistadors of the Useless and No Picnic on Mt. Kenya were both good reads. David Roberts' stuff is consistently good. Quote
Kevin_Ristau Posted November 1, 2003 Posted November 1, 2003 Nanda Devi, Wxploration and Ascent, Shipton & Tilman Kiss or Kill, Mark Twight About covers the spectrum, I think. Quote
Norsky Posted November 1, 2003 Posted November 1, 2003 bird said: erik said: it just makes me smile to read it! I second this one. I also like Camp 4 by Steve Roper. It is a good history of early Yosemite big walling. You got that book Bird? Gimme Quote
olyclimber Posted December 1, 2004 Posted December 1, 2004 Almost finished with Hornbein's account of the 1963 West Ridge climb with Unsoeld. I recommend. Quote
Skeezix Posted December 1, 2004 Posted December 1, 2004 Mount Analogue by Rene Dumal any of Joe Tasker's books Quote
joel20 Posted December 1, 2004 Posted December 1, 2004 I guess my taste diverges from everyone elses or maybey my outlook on life has just become more bleak. My Everest Odyssey- Goran Kropp High Exposure- David Breashears, I think Touching the Void- Joe Simpson. And I have the movie All of the Twight Books Quote
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