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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A collection of magazine pieces and essays about ice climbing, mountaineering, and the people who brave these dangerous adventures. I‘ve been meaning to read this for ages so very much enjoyed dipping in and out of this over the last few weeks. I‘m now a Krakauer completist! He‘s absolutely one of my favorite nonfiction authors.

“One school of thought holds that life in the tent so numbs the intellect that the only literature capable of sustaining interest is simple-minded, shallow stuff, heavy on the action: science fiction, pornography, thrillers.” - Krakauer, on what to read when mountaineering weather dictates you spend days upon days trapped in your smelly tent 😂

I‘ve read a lot of books that involve mountains, especially mountain climbing 🧗‍♀️ and its ensuing disasters

#mountains #julyjourneys @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Finished another Jon Krakauer book which was a goal of mine for 2021. Eiger Dreams is a collection of essays about alpine climbing and other extreme sports/ activities. It may not sound interesting to the average person, but Krakauer makes you feel as if you‘re there on the mountain, in the canyon, in the plane, etc. Highly recommend for anyone interested in nonfiction reading and nature/ outdoor writing. 5⭐️

Afternoon reading 😊 I‘m still working on The Stand, but I want to tackle it bit by bit and need an alternative in between.

#bookhaul number one during vacation. Whenever I travel to my favorite vacation spots, I hit up the local independent bookstores and can't resist supporting them by buying a stack of books while feeding my need to buy more books! 📚📚📚❤

The oldest, most widespread stories in the world are adventure stories, about human heroes who venture into the myth-countries at the risk of their lives, and bring back tales of the world beyond men . . . It could be argued . . . that the narrative art itself arose from the need to tell an adventure; that man risking his life in perilous encounters constitutes the original definition of what is worth talking about. Paul Zweig

Finished this quick little read on the flight to Mexico. I love everything Krakauer has ever written - even though I hate camping and reading about camping, I could read about mountaineering all day every day.