What are you reading?

[jmanner]

Heinrich Harrer's The White Spider and

Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson

[Wentzl]

Astoria by Peter Stark. Not exactly a climbing book, but the story of the second expedition that followed after Lewis and Clark. Anyone who enjoys historical non fiction and appreciates survival in the wilderness would enjoy this book.

[MtnHub]

I just finished reading a couple of very interesting books:

Wier. The Martian - a very fascinating novel about space exploration. Can't wait to see this as a movie later this year.

and:

Wickenden. Nothing Daunted - an excellent true-life documentary about two high society NY women who come out to northwestern CO to teach school to homesteaders in the early 1900's. Scott Patterson, you may find this especially interesting as it is set close to your hometown of Craig.

[ParanoidJoe]

Calculus (10th edition) by Ron Larson...

*grumbles loudly and waits for summer*

[Fr3ako]

"Thinking, fast and slow" by Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize in Economics

How the dual systems of your brain impact your logic and your perception of reality, fascinating....

[jchapell]

After the Nepal earthquake, I just finished re-reading Buried in the Sky. It is about the 2008 deaths on K2, but the first 4 chapters includes great information about the history of the region and culture, such as Sherpa vs other ethnic heritages, religion, family life, and even why so many Sherpa have the same names. Great read (besides being a super downer about the tragedy).

[BlissSeeker84]

The Last Season by Eric Blehm. Great book, especially if you have a fondness for Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP!

[codydonahue]

"Thinking, fast and slow" by Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize in Economics

How the dual systems of your brain impact your logic and your perception of reality, fascinating....

This is a great read if you are thinking about putting it down. Well worth the read in the end!

[phantomchameleon]

Halfway to Heaven by Mark Obmascik - written by a middle aged guy who decides to climb all the 14ers and write a book about his experience...great stories as well as a lot of history about many of the mountains which was really interesting.

[scalba123]

The Last Season by Eric Blehm. Great book, especially if you have a fondness for Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP!

I just finished that book. Well written and kept you engaged throughout the entire book.

[Doug Shaw]

Just finished The Emerald Mile based on based on Mr. Jack's recommendation (though now see that it was recommended here earlier by Mr. Valliere and Mr. Davies; with the three of them that's about as close to a guarantee as you're going to get that it's going to be good).

I found the author's style to be a little over-flourished and a bit flowery when starting, but eventually got used to it and found the story compelling. It covers a lot of pertinent history of the Grand Canyon in a surprisingly enjoyable way for what is often a fairly dry and factual subject, but when it get to the goods about the flooding in '83 it's truly engrossing. I finished it - basically the entire story of the speed run - parked in an open space parking lot in a rain storm, just relaxing and reading the book for a couple of hours - though perhaps relaxing might not be the right word since I couldn't stop reading and was anxious, tense, and excited to read what was going to happen next.

[Mrwaffles989]

Man I wish I had time to read this thread.

Freedom Climbers has to be my all time favorite, I highly recommend it to everyone. So many intense quotes. Extremism at its finest.

Really liked parts of the White Spider, Touching the Void, Into Thin Air, Anatoli's rebuttal (can't think of title), eiger dreams - the devils thumb story, Ed Visteurs' book. I love Krakauer's writing, but I think he really screwed Anatoli over. Anatoli was a hero in my humble opinion.

Currently reading One Day as a Tiger by John Porter, its about Alex MacIntyre. Not bad so far.

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Last non climbing book was Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close which I enjoyed. Lolita before that; I can't understand whey this is a classic. Je'n se pas Humbert Humbert! I hardly read in the summer when I'm working. One day as a tiger will probably take me another month at least. After skiing in the winter is when I blow through books. I want to read Blind Descent. Kid in France said it was an unbelievable read. About caving or something I believe. My books to read list is almost as long as my To Climb list, almost.