What is everone reading ?

“Sweet, Pennsy! "Into the Thin Air" is my favorite book of all time.

Stump - that dosen't sound like much fun to read!

I'm currently reading "Southern Exposure" by Chris Duff. It's the true story of a man's solo kayak trip around the New Zealand's south island.

I ordered it from Latta Outdoors. ;-)”

“Enduring Patagonia - Gregory Crouch”

“Measuring America. Almost a text book about how land became to be surveyed as it is in America, and what it meant for the government, real estate markets, shapes of cities, etc. Pretty facscinating really.”

“Because of Dayhiker, I recently read "Teewinot", by Jack Turner. I highly recommend it. Currently, I'm reading "John Adams" by David McCullough. Excellent.”

“sigh - I should put the remote down and do some more reading but I havent seen too much good sci-fi coming out....all the good writers died :{”

“On the nightstand: "Atonement" Ian McEwan

On the treadmill: "Purpose in Prayer" EM Bounds

Just finished: "Ishmael" Daniel Quinn

Here's the library I'm adding to slowly. There are a quite a number of books I've yet to add.

tekdude's library”

“a stupid thread about what everyone's reading....”

“It's not too bad. I'm reading it to brush up on my skills for an article I'm writing. (Attempt at Professional advancement.) The nice part is that most of it is a review.




PS Nice plug for Matt's store. :-)”

“*Along the Edge of America* by Peter Jenkins.

major suckage, compared to *A Walk Across America.* i mean MAJOR.”

“I'm finishing "A Place Called Freedom" by Ken Follett. The first 2/3 was very good. It really detailed why the Scotch and Irish poured over here. The last third deals more with the love themes. It's a pretty good historical fiction.

stumprider - are you a structural engineer? I'm in the process of getting my SE license in Illinois.”

“Just started the new Backpacker Mag a few minutes ago...OK, done.”

“Just finished "Into Thin Air" excellent read. I also couldn't put it down.

Now reading "The Expectant Father" and

"Signs of Life in America" a book on the semiotics of American "pop" culture.”

“lol nigal”

“I've found myself addicted to non-fiction adventure books, such as "Into the Thin Air", "Southern Exposure", "The Long Walk". I've always liked them, but now it's pretty much all I read. It's cool to hear what everyone's reading to get new ideas! :-)”

“I'm reading Points Unknown, a compilation of 20th Century Adventure writing, it's pretty good so far.”

“I just finished "Ombria in Shadow" by Patricia McKillip. A very good story.”

“"stumprider - are you a structural engineer? I'm in the process of getting my SE license in Illinois."

Don't I wish! Better job opportunities in that profession, I suspect.

No, I just completed my PhD in Sociology, LISREL is a statistical modeling program used to estimate causal relationships in the social sciences.

Best of luck in your SE license!”

“the term "structural modeling" is what got me. I was thinking that at least there was another finite element modeling geek on the board. Congrats on the PhD.

Illinois is about the only Western state that has a special license for SE's. It makes sense out West with the quakes, but Illinois? That's ok, I wanted to take another 8 hr test with about a 15% pass rate. It should be a fun afternoon in October when I should be hiking. Do I sound bitter? I'm really not, but it will be a little pressure considering we're doing a $12M church and I need to get licensed.”

“That should say $12M church, in Illinois, and I need to get licensed. I'm also getting a license in Indiana for a job. Looks like dayhiker will be heading to the Midwest a time or two before too long.”

“This months National Geographic. 50 Year anniversary of Hillary's climb. Great pull out map!”

“The Pocket Doctor;

Wallace Stegner's "Beyond the Hundredth Meridian" about JW Powell's exploration of the CO River;

and "Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon" with all known written accounts of how people have died in the Grand Canyon -- all 750 of 'em!”

“I was very nearly #751. Phew!”

“really?? how?

that sounds like a book you'd definitely have to be in the right mood for, Rosey!”

“Wallace Stegner's "Beyond the Hundredth Meridian" about JW Powell's exploration of the CO River

roseymonster
01:28:12 PM
04/21/03

Roseymon - how is that book? Recommended?”

“I stumble and trip but rarely fall. It sure looked dramatic at the top of the canyon though. My wife called me by my full name – including my middle name. It was very invigorating!”

“YIKES, dude! that'd get the ol' adrenaline pumping, for sure.

guesses as to what Violin's middle name is, people? i'm going for "Goober"!
;-)”

“8P”

“Dayyyymmm, Vioman. There's no much left after ya fall 700 feet...

Artex: I like Stegner's writing style. He's really flowing and easy to read. I've heard from others that he romantacizes POwell's exploration a bit but it is still a great read.

Lyra: Yes and no. Not a grizzly as you might think. It's really quite a good study in what NOT to do in the backcountry/desert setting.”

“Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks Roseymon'. I'm having fun rediscovering the water.”

“"The way of the wanderer" by David Yeadon Self discovery through travel. Good so far.”

“You might want to read "Prairyerth" by William Least Heat Moon to get an in-depth look at a portion of the Midwest. Be careful, though, you might be tempted to abandon sweet home Alabama.”

“Area 7
.....by Matthew Reilly”

“Thanks for the Heat-Moon suggestion. A few weekends ago I watched the Ken Burns doc on Lewis and Clark. Moon was quoted throughout and I did look him up on Amazon. It seems he has a book totally about Kansas. No, I'm not making this up.”

“*A Walk in the Woods*...for the second time! it never fails to crack me up. i just love the part where some guy tries to show ol' Bill his pack, and he's like, "Who gives a sh-t?" LMAO!!! too much.”

“I do like Bill Bryson”

“Contracts......this is the part of my job I hate.

Damn lawyers.”

“me too, Ynami! he's one of my faves...i've read almost all of his books, except the ones about language. in reading his other ones, i've noticed that they seem to mostly consist of him getting wasted every night in some pub, LOL!! but i just love his sarcasm.”

“yeah, I think he manages to put a humorous slant on everything - but he's actually pretty informative too. I've steered clear of the language ones too :o)”

“oh yeah, he's real smart. very informative.

i'll prolly get around to the language ones one day, but i haven't been in the mood so far...”

“I started reading one and he started talking about Norwich and how it's pronounced differently by newcomers to the town ....... put that one down and started reading Walk in the Woods pretty quickly.”

“yeah, that would about do it, wouldn't it!
:-)”

“I think it's in notes from a small island, but he talks about working in Holloway Sanitorium - which was the twin building to the college I went to. It had closed and was semi-derelict when I was there but we decided to break in and look around one night. I don't think I've ever been so scared in my life.”

“just thought I'd share that....lol”

“i remember that part! that sounds scary and a half...”

“I'm taking a year-long leadership class for work. I have to read "First, Break All the Rules" and "Good to Great", both are corporate management books. And then we have a TON of homework from the first class, including a book about Carl Jung (next class focuses on managment by personality/talents).

I WANNA READ SOMETHING FUN!”

“Founding Fish, by John McPhee”

“homework for work...that sounds SO unfair, smiley!

i am a Carl Jung freak, though...that sounds slightly fun. although, if it's a book about him and not by him, that doesn't sound quite as good.”

“Yep, its called "Jung - A beginner's guide". Ug. I don't have time to do homework! I'm finishing a quilt and remodeling a kitchen!!!”

“smiley girl, your personality/destiny is calling that book into your life right now. LOL!!”