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Book Review: Touching the void

Pilgrim — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:08:55 +0000

Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend …

Book Review: Not without peril

Pilgrim — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:53:35 +0000

"This should be required reading for anyone who will be—or has already gone—hiking in the mountains." ~Nelly Heitman, Foreword Magazine. For my last birthday, a friend gave me a copy of the 10th Anniversary Edition of Not Without Peril. First published in 2000, author Nicholas Howe recounts several mishaps which took place among the Presidential …

Happy new year’s!

Pilgrim — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:23:08 +0000

Hey everyone, I trust you all had a great Christmas & a Happy, but Safe, New Year’s celebration! If you weren’t able to get outside for some hiking or camping in 2009, I hope you will in 2010. I have some hikes already planned myself and, hopefully, can drag some people out with me to …

support for at hike

Pilgrim — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:09:34 +0000

David "Awol" Miller thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2003. He wrote a book recounting his hike entitled, AWOL on the Appalachian Trail. I was thrilled when he sent me a complimentary copy of the book, as well as a copy of Appalachian Pages, a handbook which he & Rick Towle have compiled for both northbound …

Book Review Of Epic: Stories Of Survival… by Clint Willis

Pilgrim — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:13:00 +0000

If you enjoy survival & adventure stories like I do, then Epic: Stories Of Survival From The World’s Highest Peaks should keep you entertained for several nights. This book is a collection of stories from climbers who faced unbelievable circumstances while climbing Everest, K2, Anna Purna and other dangerous mountains. Each chapter features individual …