(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best traveler & explorer biographies

There is a lot of information that you could read to get up to speed. Though if you want the story of this season, in audio book form - plus a lot of information about the club in general, i really like the Aston Villa Review podcast.

I find the two of the hosts quite funny, and well informed - i think there are 153 or so up at the moment - well worth subscribing to.

If you want to keep abreast of stories over the summer - here is probably the best place. Mostly everything about Villa gets posted pretty quickly - rumours, interviews, articles, etc.

If you want a story to really stay tuned with, i think the Grealish stay/go is the most interesting. Potentially he is the finest player our academy has produced for a long while - also potentially one of the saddest stories of lost talent the club has seen.

The story of Stylian Petrov attempting a return to football after Leukaemia is a lovely one, full of hope. I actually hope that it works out for him. Having him play some part (i hope a substantial one) in us getting back to our rightful place amongst the premier league clubs would make my season, and me one of the best stories to emerge from our club in a ling while.

The third story that is perhaps worth reading up about is Paul McGrath - otherwise known as God to us Villans. His [autobiography] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Back-Brink-Autobiography-Paul-McGrath/dp/009949955X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465116912&sr=8-1&keywords=paul+mcgrath) is really worth a read, and will fill you in on an amazing story of despair, hope, comedy, tragedy, and of course football.

Hope that helps, and welcome to the Villa.

Around the World in Wanderer III by Eric Hiscock is fantastic. If you're looking for a more instructional book I'd also advise Cruising Under Sail by the same author.

Hard to have any list about cruising without starting off without mentioning Slocum's Sailing Alone Around the World as he was the inspiration for many of the following authors. He fixed a wrecked hulk of a sloop in a field in CT that he was given for free (as a joke) then proceeded to sail alone around the world (as the title would lead you to believe). At the time everyone thought that it would be impossible and likely suicidal to try and sail a boat so small around the globe and he apparently caused quite a stir when he did.

Of course The Long Way by Bernard Moitessier is an absolute classic for sailing literature. His was an account of the Golden Globe non-stop solo circumnavigational race, so there's not really any island hopping or drinks in paradise, but his writing is amazing and really gets to the zen of being at sea. He also named his boat JOSHUA after Cpt. Slocum mentioned above.

Jack London loved to sail and had a ketch (I thought it was a schooner, and Amazon page says schooner, but looking on GIS looks more like a ketch) built and sailed around the South Pacific and wrote about it in The Cruise of the Snark. London has some really funny commentary in there and it's a hell of a good read.

Last, and most expensive, is South Sea Vagabonds by John Wray. This book has been out of print for a little while and apparently is in high demand by looking at the price now. The cheapest I've ever seen it is between $40 and $50. I got my copy from a seller on eBay that lived in New Zealand for about $25 USD but after shipping ended up being about $40 total. That said, it was worth every penny. John Wray got fired from his job for daydreaming about sailing all day and since he had nothing but time on his hands decided to make a boat. Found all his wood on beaches and used his friends sailboat to haul it back to a mill, used a motorcycle and trailer to haul it from the mill to his house, then built a sloop with no prior ship-building experience. He sailed it all around the South Seas on various adventures and, like London, is a great and humorous author. Keep an eye out on ebay and used book sites for this one at a decent price (or find a library to borrow it from) because I guarantee that it's worth the effort and cash.

If you're into tall ships I just finished The Peking Battles Cape Horn by Irving Johnson which was a quick but thoroughly entertaining read. I'm now working my way through Two Years Before the Mast which is an amazing insight into the life of the merchant marine in the early 19th century aboard a square rigger.

• Did he go to college? If so, this web site does really cute collegiate Christmas ornaments. If not, maybe a Navy-themed ornament? I like Zulily right now (don't want to link, because it's a referral site, but I can PM you if you like) for kitschy ornaments. They have lots of neat stuff and you can surely find an ornament suited to one of his interests.
  
  
• Not sure what his home style is, but my go-to is always kitchen stuff since that's less style-dependent. Maybe an awesome, big turkey platter, or a set of matching whiskey glasses (Crate and Barrel has some nice, but really inexpensive ones), or a cookbook + a pretty pie plate?
  
  
• Not from the South and likes having a nice house... Maybe a coffee table book of photographs from the state/area where he lives? National Geographic usually has some awesome photography books in general.
  
  
• Likes football and is in the South- a coffee table book on SEC football rivalries + something for Gameday. Maybe Southern Fried Football and a chip-and-dip set?

Joseon era:

• A Review of Korean History, Vol.2: Joseon Era; Woo, Han Young (2010)
  
• Sources of Korean Tradition, Vol. 1: From Early Times Through the 16th Century (Introduction to Asian Civilizations); Lee, Peter H. (ed) (1996)
  
• Sources of Korean Tradition, Vol. 2: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries; Lee, Peter H. (ed) (1996)
  
  I prefer the 'Review' more, but it might come across as a little dry. I feel that it does a fair job of discussing a number of topics related to the creation and running of the Joseon Dynasty, breaking the dynasty up into smaller components and then focusing on some areas (arts, military, cultural practices) within those smaller time frames. 'Sources' for me came across as more academic than 'Review' but you might enjoy it more. 'Sources' includes translations of primary sources, which is helpful, while 'Review' includes images such as paintings and maps.
  
  General:
  
  
• Korea Unmasked: In Search of the Country, the Society and the People; Rhie Won-bok (2005)
  
  A comic book that goes into the 'making' of Korea and Korean culture. I have some reservations about this one but if you don't take it too seriously it can be a fun and easy way to get introduced to a number of topics related to Korea.
  
  'Modern' Korea:
  
  
• The Dawn of Modern Korea; Lankov, Andrei (2007)
  
• Korea Through Western Eyes, Book, Written in English; Neff, Robert (2009)
  
• The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History; Oberdorfer, Don (2013)
  
• Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History; Cummings, Bruce (2005)
  
• The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies; Breen, Michael (2014)
  
• Korea And Her Neighbours...; Bird, Isabella (2011; original 1897)
  
  Lankov's book is a collection of newspaper articles he wrote entertaining subjects like the story of Korea's first automobiles, the introduction of the first telephones, etc. Easy to digest and they offer a glimpse of what society was like at each point in time; not a 'serious' book on Korean history, though. Neff's book was a chore to get through and it felt like no editing had gone into the book before publishing. If I'm not mistaken this also started out as a series of articles for one of the local newspapers; the transition from article to book did not go quite as well.
  
  It's probably been 10 years since I read the books from Breen, Oberdorfer and Cummings, which makes it a little difficult to write a lot about them. Cummings I know gets criticized for being pro-North Korea in his writing, so that's something to keep in mind, while Oberdorfer I think was a correspondent living in Korea so may have a more 'eyewitness' approach to some of the events. Bird's book is a description of her travels in Korea during the Joseon period and I remember it being an interesting read. Not a balanced historical account by any means - and it obviously suffers from being written from an outside perspective at a time when ethnocentrism was more prevalent - but it may be an alternative to consider. You should be able to find a .pdf copy of that one online.
  
  
• Fifteen Years Among The Top-Knots: Or Life In Korea; Underwood, Lillias H. (2007, original 1904)
  
  Haven't read this one, but I've seen others mention it in the past. It's another first-person account from Korea at the cusp of the 20th century, this time from the perspective of a medical missionary. Again, not an objective history book, but if you prefer first-person narratives it may at least be worth a look. A .pdf copy has been published online, this one by the University of Oregon.
  
  Edit: One I forgot to mention, but which I've also heard is used in some English-language classes on Korean history/studies:
  
  
• Korea Old and New: A History; Eckert, Carter J. (1991) (I just noticed this is also mentioned by seaturtles7777)

That's a good starter list - if you like Slocum, then I have to throw in my next two fave 'around the world in a small boat books.


Around the World Singlehanded: Cruise of the Islander by Harry Pidgeon is great. He was also a photographer and took some nifty photos.

The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss by Captain J C Voss is also a lot of fun. His vessel was a sailboat made from decking over and rigging sail on a single log dugout canoe he bought from some Pacific NW native americans.

Flying Cloud: The True Story of America's Most Famous Clipper Ship and the Woman Who Guided Her is the story of the fastest clipper ship ever to sail the horn. A most amazing feat still not equaled (OK some catamaran managed to beat her time a few years back - but all it carried was a crew - Flying Cloud carried a full cargo and paid for herself several times over on the first voyage).

Blown Away is a somewhat more modern tale of a couple with kids who chuck it all and buy a boat. Pretty funny.

Flirting with Mermaids : The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper is a fun read of misadventures at sea.

Try Krakauer's other well known book Into Thin Air, and because there's some controversy regarding his version of events, also The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev who was a major player that day.

Krakauer's other book Under the Banner of Heaven is a good "true crime" style story about some Morman murders, but may not be enough like Into the Wild to appeal to you.

Over the Edge of the World is more of a history, covering Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth. It was facinating and definately had intrigue, machinations, and survival elements.

Another book on exploration and survival, Endurance: Shakleton's Incredible Voyage

And another one, Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson. I think this is the one I read, but I can't be certain. It doesn't seem to be as well regarded, but i thought it was still interesting.

A book on diving and survival: The Last Dive, Chowdhury

The Hot Zone could be thought of as science survival. Anyway, you'll probably love the opening bits in Africa, although it does slow way down after that.

Far away from survival, but still about travel are the wonderful Bill Bryson's travelogues. Witty and informative. In a Sunburned Country and A Walk in the Woods are particularly recommended.

What business would that be? the business of mangled at the base of a cliff?

A couple years ago I was where you are. I saw wingsuit base jumping and I thought fuck ya, that's it. I'm doing that. so I started doing research and slowly worked back to skydiving. it's where it all starts. You need to build the survival skills in a forgiving environment, then take them to the next level.

If you are serious about getting right into BASE here are some must reads, which I literally just finished yesterday. They are all amazing.

Confessions of an idiot by Douggs

The Great Book of Base by Matt Gerdes

BASE 66

Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers

Watch this Birdmen: the original dream of flight

then read this

wingsuit base myths by Matt Gerdes


Wingsuit Proximity Guidelins by Jokke Sommer

Then read this. Read every fucking one.


then watch this

and this

If you get through all of that and still want to do it, then I'll gladly help. And my first lesson: start skydiving.

Edit: skydiving is super awesome and the people are fantastic. It would be a shame to avoid it.

Edit^2: Base courses will still require you to have a certain number of skydives. usually around 150-200.

> I will not commit to the purchase until I have a) spent 2-4 weeks crewing on a yacht (to get an impression on living aboard) and b) done the YachtMasters.

> …

> If I decide this life is for me, the purchase price of the yacht is a non-issue as I am fortunate enough to be able to afford it. The ongoing costs and living also!

If you're seriously in this position, then you should be sailing already, not fantasising over the lifestyle marketing of sailboat manufacturers.

You should be phoning local sailing schools to see if they're teaching this week. You could easily afford to charter a boat and instructor - it'd cost you less than £200 a day - and get some miles in right now.

There are undoubtedly sailing schools in Australia or South Africa where you could take courses - the weather would be more reliable this time of year.

Just a couple of weeks of practical actual sailing experience would make you cringe at the questions you've asked here.

I think there are some UK companies that do zero-to-hero Yachtmaster courses - cost is less than £10000 (£6000, I think), but they take about 6 months. You could get away with less training, but I won't gainsay your statement that you want to get that qualification - it's one of the more grounded things you've written.

However, once you've got that qualification, you won't need us to tell you what boat to buy - you'll have your own opinion, and you may disagree vehemently with other people here.

Even if money was absolutely no object, I doubt I'd buy a new production boat. If I won the lottery then I might eventually have a sailboat built for me, but not immediately. There are too many amazing secondhand boats out there, and once you're out of sight of land it doesn't make so much difference what kind of winches, chartplotter and radio you're equipped with. You must learn to depend upon your own skills and competence, not upon gadgets.

You're putting way too much emphasis on buying new because you don't understand the demands that bluewater sailing places upon boat and crew - you need to be quite familiar with mechanical systems, so you're able to the things that will break on your passage.

Even crossing the smallest ocean puts you 1000 miles from anywhere for days at a time - you can't call a mechanic and you can't claim on your warranty.

You need to know what voltage lead-acid batteries should be charged at, so that you can use a multimeter to diagnose at sea why they're flat. You need to know about electrolysis and what materials seacocks are made out of.

There are 1000 more things you need to learn - before you're even a halfway competent skipper you'll appreciate that you're on a journey of learning and self-improvement. At present you are asking all the wrong questions, and showing no concern for the true path to enlightenment.

If you can't get on a boat today, then you should be reading Lin and Larry Pardey's books (Capable Cruiser and Cruising in Seraffyn should probably be at the top of your list) before you read any more sales brochures.

Kretschmer's Flirting with Mermaids is also enjoyable and inspiring, and might help point you in the right direction - he also does training passages now.

Edit:

Here's a link I found from some guy who met Tenzing Norgay when Tenzing went to his school to deliver a speech:

>Perhaps, I was not old enough to comprehend the intricacies of citizenship and immigration, but his first words to us was calming and reassuring. He said, "I am a Tibetan!" in a loud clear voice. I woke up then.
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>Tenzing, explained at length with fine detail, why he came to be called a Sherpa. As a Tibetan refugee, there was no chance in hell of being recognized as a hero along side Edmund Hillary. With Ed's help he gained, meaning full employment as a mountain porter, and then a famous mountaineer and the story went on.

Then, of course, there's Encylopedia Britannica:

>Tenzing Norgay, (Nepalese: “Wealthy-Fortunate Follower of Religion”)Norgay also spelled Norkey or Norkay, original name Namgyal Wangdi, (born May 15, 1914, Tshechu, Tibet [now Tibet Autonomous Region, China]—died May 9, 1986, Darjeeling [now Darjiling], West Bengal, India), Tibetan mountaineer who in 1953 became, with Edmund (later Sir Edmund) Hillary of New Zealand, the first person to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak.

Aside from the interview with Tenzing's son Norbu, in which he mentioned Tenzing was born in Tibet, apparently his other son Jamling also said Tenzing was born in Tibet. He says this in his book Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest. I haven't personally read the book, so I can't confirm that, but that's what Wikipedia reports.

Norbu also said that Tenzing was born in Tibet as reported in Ed Webster's book Snow in the Kingdom: My Storm Years on Everest. It says that one reason why Tenzing hid the truth was because of political pressure, since admitting that he was born in Tibet would have handed a propaganda coup to the Chinese, because they would claim that a Chinese climber was the first to climb Everest. Webster and Norbu actually visited Tenzing's relatives in Tibet, including his half-brother Tashi, who confirmed that Tenzing was born at Tsa-chu in Tibet, near the monastery at Ghang-La. In fact, after Tenzing built his house in Darjeeling, he named it "Ghang-La" after the Tibetan monastery near his home in Tibet.

Well, I wrote a book but here's the distillation:

First, know there is no Justice.

Nor is there Truth.

Never underestimate the power of resentment in motivating people to act against their own self-interest.

If there is an ultimate god, it has a damned malicious sense of humor.

Everything put together falls apart.

In humor there is strength.

Give anonymously.

Strive to be kind.

Additional words of wisdom available upon request.

Awesome- you are a quick reader, though. which one are you reading? If you are reading No Picnic on Mt. Kenya, be sure to read the forward by the author (or if you didn't get a version with the forward, try to find it in the library or online) because his life is fascinating.

If you like Krakauer's writing style, I recommend his other mountaineering book Eiger Dreams

some other good mountaineering writers to check out: Joe Simpson, Maurice Herzog , Ed Viesturs, Anatoli Boukreev, Nick Heil, Beck Weathers, and Dave Breashears

This is a great question. There are all sorts of extreme technical challenges associated with spelunking. In many ways, spelunking deep caves is much more difficult than high peak mountaineering.

For one, the amount of equipment needed far exceeds that of mountaineering. A deep expedition will use specialized camping gear, food, lights, SCUBA re-breathers, suspension gear and literally miles of rope.

The spelunkers must go slowly as mistakes/injuries put the everyone in the expedition in danger. Think about how difficult it would be to have to haul a non-ambulatory person out from the bottom of a cave.

It's dark and cold. Spelunkers do not use their lights unless absolutely necessary to save on power. This slows everything down.

It's also very wet. These caves are filled with flowing water howling winds. Spelunkers are constantly soaked. The nature of caves ensures that no permanent base camps can be set up. The water will destroy anything you leave down there, so every time they go in, they essentially must start all over.

And I haven't even touched on sumps yet. Caves are just basically massive water conduits. Every so often they form what they call sumps. They look like pools but really there are completely flooded sections of the cave, beneath the water's surface. That's why they need the re-breather equipment, because once you hit a sump, you have to swim through it. Navigating sumps is the most dangerous part of spelunking.

If you, or anyone else, truly are interested in this then I recommend checking out Blind Descent. It goes into great detail on just how truly difficult it is to explore these caves. It also details the rare breed of person that takes on the challenge of exploring the deep caves. One of the most fascinating books I have ever read.

Sailing Alone Around the World is the best known book that you're talking about. Slocum is the first to do it. It's also public - free as either an ebook or audiobook.

Moitissier (The Long Way) is probably #2 most well known after Slocum. He's also prolific and an amazing writer. Just read some modern people (like Krestchmer before buying a steel boat on Moitissier's advice).

Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin

link to the book on amazon. i am really considering this purchase because space is awesome, and it sounds like a very interesting read.

Will to Live: Dispatches From the Edge of Survival by Les Stroud is pretty good. It's a collection of short retelling of real survival stories. Like that plane that crashed in the Andes in the 70's, Chris McCandless, if I remember correctly a family that got stranded in the ocean, etc. He does add his take on these events, but it's still entertaining and informative.

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There's a guy who walked the length of the amazon a few years ago. This book outlines his journey. It's an amazing feat of endurance.

http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Amazon-Days-Step-Time/dp/0452298261/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414340313&sr=8-1&keywords=walking+the+amazon

Also anything about Shackleton might also be of interest.

The case for football's Greatest Quarterback:Tom Brady vs the NFL

Go Long (book about jerry rice)

Never Die Easy (walter payton autobiography)

Coming back STRONGER (Drew Brees)

What it takes to be #1 (Vince Lombardi)

I recommend reading the book Walking the Amazon by Ed Stafford. During his time spent walking every mile of the Amazon he comes across a great deal of indigenous tribes and details the experience he has with them.

Blind Descent is a pretty good book that covers the Krubera expedition as well as the Cheve cave in Mexico.

I love you, Mr. Stroud.

Thanks for telling me about Sir Douglas Mawson in your book

If you have any interest in NPS, history, or diving, I cant recommend this book enough. Its about the founding of the NPS archeological dive team, and he has some great stories.

>Are you saying that those conditions are so bad that there was no chance the guy would have survived?

Yes

>Are you saying that those conditions would have put whoever tried to help him in physical danger?

Yep

Lots of experienced climbers passed him that day, mostly sherpas who had summitted many times before. They knew there was no hope.

A real rescue attempt of a frozen person like that would have taken days to get him down to base camp. Dozens of people would be required plus all the oxygen tanks and water and food to keep all those people alive. It's very probable someone else would be injured in the attempt and that even if he was alive when they started he would be alive at the bottom.

Really, I'm not trying to be glib or dismissive, but read some books about Everest disasters like Into Thin Air or The Climb.

John Kretschmer's excellent and entertaining book Sailing a Serious Ocean has sections on selecting a bluewater yacht, with lists of specific models that describe exactly the attributes that make them seaworthy.

Survive the Savage Sea, despite its lurid title, and Adrift are two of the best sea survival stories I've ever read (non-fiction). Jungle is about a guy surviving in the same general area as Juliane Koepcke (although he didn't fall out of a plane...)

Can't find them right now, but Mawson's Will and any good book about Ernest Shackleton will get you going. Then there's Joe Simpson's Touching the Void. Oh, and Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls, a really good anthology.

...wow, I read a lot of survival stories.

I agree with this list of Top 10 Documentaries on Mountaineering. Not exactly on point for what you wanted. Not sure it really exists at this point.

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I really liked Meru. If you don't mind reading here are a few books that got me into it:

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Into Thin Air.

No Shortcuts to the Top.

The Climb.

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Training Books:

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Training for New Alpinism

Climbing: Training for Peak Performance.

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.

"When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10,1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds...

Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed Outside journalist and author of the bestselling Into the Wild. Taking the reader step by step from Katmandu to the mountain's deadly pinnacle, Krakauer has his readers shaking on the edge of their seat. Beyond the terrors of this account, however, he also peers deeply into the myth of the world's tallest mountain. What is is about Everest that has compelled so many poeple--including himself--to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense?

Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement."

And when you want to go the other way: Blind Descent by James M. Tabor.

"In 2004, two great scientist-explorers attempted to find the bottom of the world. American Bill Stone took on the vast, deadly Cheve Cave in southern Mexico. Ukrainian Alexander Klimchouk targeted Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the war-torn former Soviet republic of Georgia. Both men spent months almost two vertical miles deep, contending with thousand-foot drops, raging whitewater rivers, monstrous waterfalls, mile-long belly crawls, and the psychological horrors produced by weeks in absolute darkness, beyond all hope of rescue. Based on his unprecedented access to logs and journals as well as hours of personal interviews, James Tabor has crafted a thrilling exploration of man’s timeless urge to discover—and of two extraordinary men whose pursuit of greatness led them to the heights of triumph and the depths of tragedy. Blind Descent is an unforgettable addition to the classic literature of true-life adventure, and a testament to human survival and endurance."

try this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JFKP7VQ ... thanks for the thumbs up, appreciate it.

I highly recommend reading Starman and Korolev they both really bring a lot of perspective to the cosmonaught program while really highlighting why it was such a cluster fuck of KGB involvement and soviet politics.

I gained enormous amounts of respect for both men after reading the books.

Tom Brady vs the NFL One man's take on the greatest qb of all time debate, and why he believes it's Brady. May be classified as Patriots porn.

Beautiful! Reminds me of this book cover.

Paul McGraths one is brilliant

https://www.amazon.com/Back-Brink-Autobiography-Paul-McGrath/dp/009949955X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1480729100&sr=1-1&keywords=paul+mcgrath

In 1972 a 45 foot sailboat was sunk by orcas. Everyone survived:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-18877090

https://www.amazon.com/Survive-Savage-Sea-Sailing-Classics/dp/0924486732

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Voyage-Lucette-Previously-Interwoven/dp/1574092065/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=HVGMJXJ1AB5H09G479KH

I really liked Snow In the Kingdom by Ed Webster. It tells about his experiences on a few different Everest expeditions .

I really enjoyed Submerged By Daniel Lenihan - it's not so much a biography as it is his professional memoir as an underwater archaeologist for the US Parks Service.

And Catch me if You Can By Frank Abegnale Jr (again a memoir not a biography). Both great reads though

"The Climb" is by Anatoli Boukreev, who perhaps gets some unfair blame/condemnation in Into Thin Air. He died shortly after finishing the book. It's pretty good and definitely worth it even if you've already read Thin Air.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Climb-Tragic-Ambitions-Everest/dp/0312206372

I didn't look super thoroughly, I just noticed the format said paperback and it didn't give me an option to change. I was on mobile though.

edit: Tis! tis!

http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Descent-Quest-Discover-Deepest-ebook/dp/B0036S4D0Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1395705552&sr=1-1&keywords=Blind+Descent

for some reason the link you provided doesn't give the usual option to select format, but i specifically checked kindle store and found it. That just cemented my purchase....as if I don't have enough shit to read for university, ugh.

Thanks though.

Well, this should be relevant then:

https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Descent-Quest-Discover-Deepest/dp/0812979494

Book about the 1996 disaster by one of the Mountain Madness guides:


http://www.amazon.com/The-Climb-Tragic-Ambitions-Everest/dp/0312206372

I don't remember how I ended up having the book, but I've read it multiple times now. Good read. There's PDF versions floating around on the internet too.

Chomp, Chomp, Chomp; How I Survived a Bear Attack and Other Harrowing Tales

She did an AMA a while back, here

I got it in the UK - followed the link that OP originally put up - then on the right of the screen there is a big green box saying 'continue to Amazon.co.uk), click on that you will go to the UK page, click on the book cover and you will get the option to purchase by one-click

Here is the UK link

EDIT to add the actual link

http://www.amazon.com/The-Climb-Tragic-Ambitions-Everest/dp/0312206372

What really happened on Everest, with corroboration by all the other remaining climbers.

EDIT: Found it!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-US-Prisoner-21-60-inmate-ebook/dp/B07Y2LFVQK

>.... appears to be very accurate.

Did you read Anatoli Boukreev's account of the same events?

Read Anatoli Boukreev's account in The Climb.

[Sailing a Serious Ocean] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/007170440X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_pBn0CbCSWPKDY) : Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea - John Kretschmer

http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Descent-James-M-Tabor-ebook/dp/B0036S4D0Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1397692562&sr=8-2&keywords=blind+descent link for the lazy

If you want more, read this insane book.

And then this one.

> Well, so long "buried alive," you're no longer number one on my list-of-worst-ways-to-die list.

Read The Climb and (as much as I dislike Krakauer) Into Thin Air. I read them back to back (read Into Thin Air first) and it gave me nightmares.

Both books chronicle the events that took place on Everest in May 1996. Krakauer was there to write an article or a different book; Boukreev was there as a hired guide who was using the trip to fund his next personal ascent on another peak.

I'm not sure which part it was that got to me the most; probably Rob Hall being patched through from his radio to base camp to a satellite phone to his pregnant wife in New Zealand, while he sat just below the South Summit freezing to death - as everyone on the mountain listened on their radios.

Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell

Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age - Duncan Watts

Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means - Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of Networks - Mark Buchanan

The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins

Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles - Robin Baker

Motley Crue: The Dirt - Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band - Neil Strauss

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell

The Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster - Jon Krakauer

The Climb - Anatoli Boukreev

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner - Dean Karnazes