Reading Mountaineering

Subject: [mfpi] The 25 (Essential) Books for the Well-Read Explorer
> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:33:53 +1200
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> 25. OLD GLORY
> Jonathan Raban
> (1981)
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> 23. ALIVE
> Piers Paul Read
> (1974)
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> 24. THE PERFECT STORM
> Sebastian Junger
> (1997)
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> 22. MY JOURNEY TO LHASA
> Alexandra David-Neel
> (1927)
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> 21. KON-TIKI
> Thor Heyerdahl
> (1950)
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> 20. GREAT PLAINS
> Ian Frazier
> (1989)
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> 19. YOUNG MEN AND FIRE
> Norman Maclean
> (1992)
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> 18. RUNNING THE AMAZON
> Joe Kane
> (1989)
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> 17. THE LONG WAY
> Bernard Moitessier
> (1971)
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> 16. TRACKS
> Robyn Davidson
> (1980)
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> 15. A SHORT WALK IN THE HINDU KUSH
> Eric Newby
> (1958)
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> 14. ARCTIC DREAMS
> Barry Lopez
> (1986)
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> 13. IN PATAGONIA
> Bruce Chatwin
> (1977)
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> 12. THE MOUNTAINS OF MY LIFE
> Walter Bonatti
> (2001)
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> 11. TOUCHING THE VOID
> Joe Simpson
> (1988)
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> 10. ARABIAN SANDS
> Wilfred Thesiger
> (1959)
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> 9. COMING INTO THE COUNTRY
> John McPhee
> (1976)
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> 8. INTO THE WILD
> Jon Krakauer
> (1996)
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> 7. SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD
> Captain Joshua Slocum
> (1900)
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> 6. ENDURANCE
> F.A. Worsley
> (1931)
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> 5. DESERT SOLITAIRE
> Edward Abbey
> (1968)
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> 4. THE SNOW LEOPARD
> Peter Matthiessen
> (1978)
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> 3. WEST WITH THE NIGHT
> Beryl Markham
> (1942)
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> 2. THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD
> Apsley Cherry-Garrard
> (1922)
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> 1. WIND, SAND AND STARS
> Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
> (1939)
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