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The Hero
Jon Krakauer
Doubleday, 2008
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 1999
Killer read and a testament to the human spirit!
I just read this book while on vacation in Mexico for a week. Talk about gripping! Each successive camp takes you higher and higher, as the suspense builds. You really get a feel for the determination and ultimate tragedy that drove and still drives people to climb ...
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In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
Valerian Albanov
Modern Library, 2000
Exciting true life adventure
I've always been fascinated about Arctic & Antartic exploration, and try to read any books about it that I can find. This first-person work by a Russian officer on an ill-fated Arctic journey from 1912 to 1914 is certainly a very exciting one, even though the author ...
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Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2007
Excellent Reading
I anctually watched the movie prior to reading it. I would suggest reading the book first, then watching the movie. It goes into further depth and explains a lot of obscure parts of the movie in more detail. A lot of people have said some harsh things about Chris ...
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 1997
Living Your Challenging Dreams
People have always pushed to accomplish more. When one of my best friends took up mountain climbing well into his fifties after he back wasn't up to golf any more, I began to wonder what the sport was all about. Having remembered that Jon Krakauer is both a wonderful ...
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Forget Me Not: A Memoir
Jennifer Lowe-anker
Mountaineers Books, 2008
Loves and Losses
I loved this book. I spent a stormy afternoon finishing it last week, unable to put it down, swept along between enviable loves, heart wrenching losses, and, of course, climbing expedition dramas; all my favorite components for a great read.
Jenni Lowe-Anker ...
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Random House Audio, 2007
A climb I couldn't imagine
Jon Krakauer has been to the top of Mt. Everest and lived to tell about it, a feat in itself. But the tragedy that befell the party he climbed with is something that will always haunt him. In this book, he shares the excitement, the mental preparation, and the ...
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2004
There but for" the Grace of God "(?) go you and I
I loved this book. Krakauer (as Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster) manages to give an even-handed account of a quintessentially controversial topic. This book delivers a detailed but never boring, account of Mormon history, and its ...
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High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
David Breashears
Simon & Schuster, 2000
What an incredible book.
What an incredible book. Once you start reading it, you won't be able to set it down. I even got yelled at by my boss for reading the book on company time. I've read it 4 times and each time is like the first time. There is alot of information to process so get ready ...
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Iceland: Land of the Sagas
Jon Krakauer, David Roberts
Villard, 1998
Excellent reading and beautiful photographs
I recently visited Iceland for a a couple days enroute from Europe to the US and found myself enchanted by the country and its people. Returning home, I immediately wanted to purchase a book that would give me a better understanding of the culture, the land, and the ...
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Syracuse University: Off the Record - College Prowler (Off the Record)
Steve Krakauer
College Prowler, 2006
Introduction from the Author Syracuse University may mean different things to different people. To the sports fan, hearing Syracuse will bring up images of SU’s championship basketball team and superstars like Carmelo Anthony, Gerry MacNamara, and Hakim Warrick. For others, hearing Syracuse will automatically bring up thoughts of upstate New ...
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Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Villard Books, 1996
"A Story That Touches One's Soul"
This slim account of the quixotic life and tragic death of Chris McCandless is a remarkable book. I was transfixed by this story, one that chronicled the wanderings and explorations of a young man across the American West and into the wild of the Alaskan interior.
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Notes from The Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia (Modern Library Exploration)
Edward Hoagland
Modern Library, 2002
Real Gem of a B.C. travelogue
I just read this account of the author's three month exploration of northwestern B.C. in 1966 after it was recommended as one of the best 25 books of the last 25 years by the magazine Outdoor Canada. Edward Hoagland is a real find for me. I had never heard of him ...
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer
Barnes & Noble, 1997
Utterly Engrossing Analytical Work
Perhaps the most memorable lesson I learned from this page-turner is that Everest is not a place for mortals, and that anyone who's gone up to the summit and back is mostly just lucky.
Within, there's also a cold hard lesson of how planning and training are ...
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Into Thin Air
Jon KRAKAUER
Villard Books, 1997
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