Top Outdoor Books?

“Damn! I think I will hang out here where the smart people are. Also, haven't seen one post from Lipstick Hiker here, (probably can't read)

Hey, I logged in because I ACTUALLY backpack..”

“Mountaineering, The Freedom of the Hills.

The Measure of a Mountain, by Bruce Barcott.

Bone Games, by Rob Schulthies.

I just finished Seven Years in Tibet, by Heinrich Harrer, and would now like to read The White Spider.”

“Any of the "Woodswoman" books by Anne La Bastille

"Exploring the Appalacian Trail" for GA/NC/TN by Doris Grove

"Hiking Texas" by Laurence Parent

"Women & Thru-Hiking on the Appalacian Trail" by Beverly "Maine Rose" Hugo..God Rest her soul..what a wonderful woman!!”

“If you could give a one or two line summery of the book's content (some have already-thanks) it makes it so much easier to decide if it's book that intrest a person.”

“We should do a book swap at the trailhead on the Zaleski trip.”

“Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Summary: The extraordinary story of a man's quest for truth. It will change the way you think and feel about your life (I plagerized this from the back cover)

Hell! I don't know what this book is about, I want someone else to read it and tell me”

“Read it, Biz. It's kinda slow in places but is well worth it.”

“Ok, I'll finish it
(I'm 1/2 way through it)

But it better change my life DAMMIT!”

“This month's National Geographic has an article about "The 100 best adventure books of all time."

Adventure Books”

“Hi,

I've been gone from the site for a while, things have changed!

Can anyone tell me the name of a book by Ivan Doig (I think that's his name) about Montana? It was recommended to me but I forget the name. :)”

“Might it be Mountain Time? If the link doesn't work, go to www.amazon.com and do a search for Ivan Doig.”

“Apparently he has written a Montana trilogy, you can probably find it from that link...”

“Gee Fritz, you'd think we owned stock in Amazon.com.”

“Ishi in Two Worlds
by Theodora Kroeber.

Hike around to all the places mentioned in the book.”

“I went to Amazon.com and I think I found it. It's called This House of Sky. Has anybody read it? I think I'll check my library before buying it.

I did just read The Corrections. It was really good. Strange, but good. The guy can write!”

“Nobody has mentioned the latest issue of Hustler.”

“Any of the many hiking books by Chris Townsend.”

“Into Thin Air-Jon Krakauer
Touching My Fathers Soul- Jamling Norgay-(Tenzing Norgay's son)
If you can find them,these are also awesome audiobooks.
Both are about Everest”

“m-nutz- I was going to mention "measure of a mountain, beauty and terror on mount rainier" by bruce barcott.

It is a very readable account of the author's personal relationship with mount rainier, including history, geology, plant live, animals, etc. He had some interersting insights into what drives people to put their lives at risk when they really don't need to.”

“pekka-
I would be interested to see your Book List”

“Thanks for the book-Silence of the North by, Olive A. Fredrickson. Good choice for me. I'm diggin' it!
"The incredible story of one woman's fight for survival in the wilderness."”

“biz, check the early posts on this thread. My list was the 7th post.”

“Canyon Solitude: A Woman's Solo River Journey Through the Grand Canyon, by Patricia C. McCairen. Offers the gender balance to books such as Fletcher's River.

Yellow Dog Journal, by Judith Minty, poetry about time spent alone at an ancestral cabin on the Yellow Dog River deep in the Upper Peninsula. This is out of print, but the full text is available in her collected works which came out last year from Michigan State University Press.”

“Just got done reading Walking Home: A Woman's Pilgrimage on the Appalachian Trail. It's a very good book. Read it.

The fact that the author is bisexual only adds an extra dimension to the story. It's just a very well written book.”

“Into Thin Air - Krakauer

Great book documaneting a 1996 major disaster on Mt. Everest.

Into the Wild - Krakauer

A compelling book about an idealistis man who loved nature and dies during one of his expeditions in Alaska.

How to Stay Alive in the Woods - Angier

Old school guide to wilderness survival.

Wilderness Medecine - Forgey

A comprehensive book that won't make you a backcountry doctor, but it'll come close.

Touching the Void - Joe Simpson

Great book. Discusses a disater in the mountains, and his story of survival.

This Game of Ghosts - Joe Simpson

Joe's sequel to "Touching the Void". It gets into why he loves to climb, and explores his own mentality.

Mountain Disasters - MacInnes

Great read that helps you learn from others mistakes.

Wilderness Visionaries - Vickery

Explores the views of N. America's greatest philosophers of the Wilderness: Marshall, Muir, Olson, Rutstrum, Service, Thoreau.

The Backpackers Field Manual - Curtis

Best overall manual I've read yet. It has just about everything.

Guns, Germs and Steel - Diamond

Not necissarily an outdoors book, but it provides a comprehensive history of cultures that makes you ponder when we are walking the paths of the ancients.

Wilderness Mountaineering - Powers
As a beginner mountaineers, the book has provided me with all the basics and more.

All Elevations Unknown - Lightner

I haven't read it yet, but it is on order. Birch and Sass have highly reccomended it. It's about a gut living in Borneo among a tribe in an unexplored area.

A Walk Across America - Jenkins

ANother book I've yet to read, but I've heard so many good things about it, I'm looking forward to it.

A River Runs Through It - MacLean

Awsome account of a young man's adventures in the West in the early 1900's.

The Elegant Universe - Greene

Not bp related, but an awsome book regarding the "new", dynamic physics of our time.”

“The Essential Outdoor Gear Manual, Getchell

Save that mildewed tent! Fix that zipper!

How To #&%!$ in the Woods, Meyer

Hilarious

NOLS Cookery Pearson

Great recipes, calculate food amounts, cook with bulk ingredients for groups. My favorite is Gado Gado spaghetti

10,000 Miles on a Dogsled Hudson Stuck

Episcopal Missionary who traveled Interior AK on dogsled.

Coming into the Country John McPhee

1970's lovefest with Alaska

Big Sky Country (I think that is it, Guthrie is the author).

Travel west and early days of trapping in the northern Rockies.

Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose

One of many great reads on Lewis and Clark.

and
Sacajawea Anna Waldo

The woman who saved their collective ass.”

“Great lists. I'd add:

"The Long Walk" by Slavomir Rawicz.

It's the true story of how a group of Polish soldiers escaped a Russian POW camp in Siberia during WWII, and backpacked their way down to India for their freedom. Excellent book, and not a heck of a lot of people know about it. Highly recommended.”

“BTW, I recently convinced a small handful of co-workers and their signifigant others to read "Into the Thin Air"... they flipped. Awesome book, it's my favorite of all time.”

“Jack London's "Call of the Wild"

That one probably goes without saying, but I can't think of another book that captures the essence of the wilderness as well. I'm about to read it for a third time.”

“The Last Of the Mohicans and the other Leaher Stockings Tales by J. F. Cooper

A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson

The Complete Walker IV - Colin Fletcher

Beyond Backpacking - Ray Jardine”

“Our Southern Highlanders, Horace Kephart.

Tremendous first person narrative tale about life in the Smokies, before the NPS kicked everybody out.”

“I read that for the third time on the plane, traveling to Fairbanks for my job interview. I was psyched.

The other great story for this crowd is "To Build a Fire".”

“Thanks Ebenezer, I had forgotten about "To Build a Fire", and really want to read it. Time for another trip to the book store... ah, I'm there at least once a week anyway. :-)”

“"High Adventure of Eric Ryback"
by Eric Ryback

Anbody ever read it?”