pickSummer 1985, & two young mountaineers, Joe & Simon, set off from camp to climb a route no-one had conquered before. After several days they reached the summit with a few minor issues, but when setting off back down Joe has a catastrophic accident resulting in him breaking his leg. Disaster! Although Simon initially tries to belay Joe down the mountain, a snow storm develops which results in him having to leave Joe for dead.
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Behind on my daily haikus, I‘m not sure what day we‘ll call this one but it is the view from my skylight yesterday before sunset. I love the color of the clouds.
Skylight Frame
Sky in soft pastels
Fluffy pink and golden clouds
Greeting the sunset
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My sister lost Bailey a couple of months ago. Hank, her Yorkie, has been bereft. Now so much anymore! 🖤🐾🖤
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I have to pick one?! No, seriously....
I have so many. Tagged for starters, others listed here in no particular order....
Just As long as We're Together; Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; The War with Grandpa; Matilda; Anastasia, Again; The Giver.
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pickI sympathize with Chris McCandless‘ family over his loss, but also understand how he hurt them with his unstinting moral code. It seemed to be more than youthful hubris. A deliberate unwillingness to communicate with loved ones caused them all so much hurt. If he had come out of the Alaska wilderness alive, one hopes that he would have learned enough from the experience of extreme isolation to resolve his familial differences. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickI was thinking about this book again because I was listing my favorite movies of the century (#8). So many passages resonated. The simple pleasures. The shock of the third world. The desperation. The awe. The disconnection from modern society. The discoveries of unknown ways of life. I too will die happy. I too, wanted freedom and got it. Was it worth it? It can't be answered. You can only live one life.
pickIsraeli Yossi, American Kevin, and Swiss Marcus are mochileros (backpackers) in Bolivia who decide they want to see a real jungle and Indian village. They hire a man, Karl, to guide them through the forest. As the title makes obvious, everything goes terribly wrong. These mochileros have no idea that their enthusiasm isn‘t enough to get them out alive. It is gruesome and harrowing. Yossi lives to write the book—so there‘s that. Yossi spends ⬇️
pickIs it cheating if I read children‘s books in an attempt to salvage my reading goal for the year?
Up next…a classic I haven‘t read yet!
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This is a, what seems at times, minute-by-minute recounting of Joe's experiences on this climb in 1985. It's very detailed & honest, but it's not a book to read if you have anxiety! At the point where Joe was still trying to reach the camp & the others were preparing to leave it, 15h
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