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In spring 1996, over ten climbers died in a storm while climbing Mt. Everest, including the accomplished leaders of two commercial expeditions, Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. The story of that terrible season was told, not without controversy, by Jon Krakauer in his best-selling book Into Thin Air...

In 1993, Greg Mortenson came close to reaching the highest point on K2, but opted instead to take the moral high ground, participating in a harrowing, life-threatening rescue of a fellow climber that dashed his own chances of summitting. Unbeknownst to Mortenson, this selfless event would serve...

Because it's in the pop self-help genre and I have a PhD in Philosophy. It's kind of like a chess master admitting that his favorite game is checkers.

This book is the second collaborative work by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts. Viesturs was the first American to summit all fourteen 8,000 meter peaks (and he did them all without supplemental oxygen) and Roberts is a prolific author of mountaineering literature, in addition to being the author...

Most people try mountaineering by choice, but others are forced into it by circumstance. Such was the case for Norman Ollestad. In February 1979, a small plane carrying the 11-year old boy crashed into Ontario Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California. The injured boy found...

I'm sort of embarrassed to say this, but The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. It was one of the first books that really made me think about who I am, what I want out of life, and how to go about getting it.

I thought A Walk in the Woods was hilarious and very well-written. However, I stopped reading A Brief History of Nearly Everything because I was so bored with it.

Hmmm. How does a group yawn make the group more vigilant? It seems to me that yawning precedes sleep, not heightened alertness.

Two small children and an apartment that has been "in contract" for six months.

I am an avid reader who shares books with other book lovers; I am into books!

Why do you want to change your name? Carlos Rios has a nice ring to it. That said, Charles Rivers is reminiscent of Prague.

Thanks writergirl. Favorite authors . . . hmmm. Mick Fowler is an excellent and humorous writer in the mountaineering genre. Eric Newby, author of A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, is another favorite. I've also enjoyed three books by Bob Baer, a former CIA agent, about US involvement in the...

Mortenson's new first-person narrative Stones into Schools is scheduled for release on December 1.

Wow, your reasoning is as fallacious as Friedman's. The logical fallacy you commit above is called a false dichotomy. Though some of Friedman's big ideas/conclusions are appealing on the surface (at least to me), his rational support for them is extremely weak. I taught Business Ethics...

Mountaineering!

I agree that the third-person narrative is odd, but Mortenson's story/life is amazing. Someone needed to write this book, and given Mortenson's personality, it probably was not going to be him.

Dark Summit and Three Cups of Tea.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. You can tell that Krakauer really spent some serious time and energy on it. Though the book may drag now and then, it is weighty enough in substance that it might still be worth reading in 100 years.

Hi. I'm also new. Oh my gosh, are you nervous too? :blush:

Hi. I have a PhD in Philosophy, but am reading mostly mountaineering literature these days. And when I'm not taking care of my two little kids, I like to get out and do a little mountaineering.