whitebelly
January 12th, 2002, 11:22 PM
Anyone else here with a fascination for ‘exploration’ literature, more specifically polar exploration and mountaineering? If so, any good titles to recommend?
For me, it all began a year or two ago, with Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air”, an account of a disastrous & deadly ascent of Mount Everest. To my own astonishment, I found the book utterly fascinating, and began devouring other mountain books & climbers’ mags, poring over maps – pondering over which route to take or which ‘col’ to tackle – as well as books on or by adventurers going for the north & south poles. I have a fondness for the pioneers … “to boldly go where no one has gone before” … which also means a preference of not-so-recent accounts! And a soft spot for George Mallory (I’m in the camp of the “believers” i.e. those who believe that Mallory was the first to reach the top of Everest).
So … if you have recommendations, please post here & make this armchair mountaineer/imaginary polar bear happy http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif
wb
For me, it all began a year or two ago, with Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air”, an account of a disastrous & deadly ascent of Mount Everest. To my own astonishment, I found the book utterly fascinating, and began devouring other mountain books & climbers’ mags, poring over maps – pondering over which route to take or which ‘col’ to tackle – as well as books on or by adventurers going for the north & south poles. I have a fondness for the pioneers … “to boldly go where no one has gone before” … which also means a preference of not-so-recent accounts! And a soft spot for George Mallory (I’m in the camp of the “believers” i.e. those who believe that Mallory was the first to reach the top of Everest).
So … if you have recommendations, please post here & make this armchair mountaineer/imaginary polar bear happy http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif
wb