Hello, Seattle! Somewhat recently I read "High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed", which came recommended to me. Indeed, it was a good recommendation. It's rather the opposite of the more common triumphal feel-good read that is the staple of books about mountaineering, and doesn't quite fit in to the other common trope of the genre ( Read more... )

When I can't go anywhere, this is what you get. Plus side: I finally cracked the cover on the Landmark Edition "Arrian". (I bogged down shamefully in the "Hellenika" last November and have not yet resumed it, but maybe reading about Alexander the Great will fire my enthusiasm for Greek campaigning.)

Books About Exercising:
( What I Talk About When I Talk About Running )

( Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions )

( Deep Trouble: True Stories and Their Lessons from Sea Kayaker Magazine )

After canyonwren's review of the same, I ordered a copy of Laurence Gonzales's "Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why". It was a fascinating read, with plenty of case studies and interviews with survivors. (It's sort of an inherently biased sampling, as one can't interview the people who died and say "tell me what you think you did wrong". But hey, ( Read more... )