Slightly OT....Perhaps - Books

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Being off work ill and slightly bored, I took myself to the library hoping to borrow 'Touching the
Void' by Joe Simpson.I'd originally heard of him through an article on the making of the film, the
article was in the Berghaus catalogue. There is also a review of the film at
outdoorsmagic.comoutdoorsmagic.comOpen ↗ . Anyhow the book was not in and I ended up borrowing 'Storms of
Silence' by the same author. What a great read I could not put it down and would highly reccommend
it. It got me to thinking, what are the last three books people of this group have read.

Storms of Silence - Joe Simpson Between Extremes - John McCarthy, Brian Keenan The Witches Trilogy
- Terry Pratchet

regards to all

jimf

Dead Souls - Ian Rankin The Good Food Guide 2004 (Though more of a flick through than a read - I've
eaten surprisingly well according to the book!) From the Holy Mountain - William Dalrymple

I found that "Dark Shadows Falling" by Joe Simpson was a good read (not as good though as TtV
though) it did have a section in where discussing the ethics of people taking photographs of the
dead, he made reference to a scenerio which had a crash involving a Royal Princess and the reaction
of the press to that. What made it un-nerving was that it was written and published before the death
of Princess Diana.

Best wishes,

A.

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jimf said:

what are the last three books people of this group have read.

The Atkins Diet The Art of Mixing (recording, engineering and production) Photoshop 6.0 for
Photographers

Sorry, but you did ask...

Paul
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jimf said:

Being off work ill and slightly bored, I took myself to the library hoping to borrow 'Touching the
Void' by Joe Simpson.I'd originally heard of him through an article on the making of the film, the
article was in the Berghaus catalogue. There is also a review of the film at
outdoorsmagic.comoutdoorsmagic.comOpen ↗ . Anyhow the book was not in and I ended up borrowing 'Storms of
Silence' by the same author. What a great read I could not put it down and would highly reccommend
it. It got me to thinking, what are the last three books people of this group have read.

Storms of Silence - Joe Simpson Between Extremes - John McCarthy, Brian Keenan The Witches Trilogy
- Terry Pratchet

regards to all

jimf

This is not anywhere as OT as speed cameras

Albion's Seed, by David Hatchett Fischer Seven Daughters of Eve, by Bryan (sp) Sykes Coyote Waits,
by Tony Hillerman

None of which has anything to do with walking

Katherine

Paul Saunders said:

Photoshop 6.0 for Photographers

As opposed to Photoshop 6.0 for Dummies ?

I've got Wainwrights Coast to Coast Walk out of the library at the moment. The rest are too trashy
to admit to in public, but I did read Touching the Void recently. A remarkable story.

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jimf said:

what are the last three books people of this group have read.

The Atkins Diet The Art of Mixing (recording, engineering and production) Photoshop 6.0 for
Photographers

Sorry, but you did ask...

..even sadder.

Cisco TCP/IP Routing Professional Reference. WindowsXP Inside Out. One or other of the Cisco press
reference books.

To the OP - if you thought Storms of Silence was that good, then Touching the Void is going to blow
you away ;-)

"jimf" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Being off work ill and slightly bored, I took myself to the library hoping to borrow 'Touching the
Void' by Joe Simpson.I'd originally heard of him through an article on the making of the film, the
article was in the Berghaus catalogue. There is also a review of the film at
outdoorsmagic.comoutdoorsmagic.comOpen ↗ . Anyhow the book was not in and I ended up borrowing 'Storms of
Silence' by the same author. What a great read I could not put it down and would highly reccommend
it. It got me to thinking, what are the last three books people of this group have read.

I've read all of Joe Simpson's books. Can't remember the titles in order but I felt he was
struggling a bit with the last one.

'Mountain Days and Bothy Nights' was a good read on my last backpacking trip.

jimf said:

It got me to thinking, what are the last three books people of this group have read.

Perdido Street Station, China Mieville. The Darkness Beckons, Martyn Farr. The Joy of Finding Thing
Out, Richard Feynman.

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It got me to thinking, what are the last three books people of this group have read.

Storms of Silence - Joe Simpson Between Extremes - John McCarthy, Brian Keenan The Witches Trilogy
- Terry Pratchet

regards to all

jimf

Well I've been trying to brush up on my old physics hence books I've currently got open include :

"The Feynman lectures on Gravitation" "Where did all the weirdness go" by David Lindlay "The Student
Edition of Matlab" by The MathWorks

the Lindlay book gives a really good laymans presentation of the oddities of quantum mechanics if
anyones is interested. Reading it has really brought back the difficulties I had in getting my head
around this subject as a student.

Nothing on walking although I've just added "The Enchanted Mountains: A Quest in the Pyrenees" by
Robin Fedden to my Amazon wish list

I concur with those who've also read Joe Simpsons' books and I have a related question just in case
anyone knows the answer : In his book "The Beckoning Silence" about his abortive climb of the Eiger
he mentions a few other people climbing at the same time. One pair was killed in a fall but he talks
about another solo climber who as far as they knew disappeared from the face, did they ever find out
what happened to that guy ? Maybe someone here could ask Joe at Sheffield if they can't think of a
better question. It's been eating me ever since I read the book.

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..even sadder.

Cisco TCP/IP Routing Professional Reference.

I'll raise your sadness with Charles Petzold's Programming Windows

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what are the last three books people of this group have read.

Storms of Silence - Joe Simpson Between Extremes - John McCarthy, Brian Keenan The Witches Trilogy
- Terry Pratchet

Monstrous Regiment - Pratchett Moonspinners - Mary Stewart The Restless Atmosphere - Hare

All of which will just confirm what you already suspected or knew,
i.e. that I am at best inconsistent :-)
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i.e. that I am at best inconsistent :-)

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Following up to jimf

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Storms of Silence - Joe Simpson Between Extremes - John McCarthy, Brian Keenan The Witches Trilogy
- Terry Pratchet

Duende (about flamenco) The London Pub (about, OK I wont insult you) Mountain Light (photography)

If you want books that might appeal to an outdoor fan. My classics are Wind Sand and Stars and
Thesingers books "fellwalk.co.ukpage63.htmOpen ↗"
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London etc "fellwalk.co.ukfellwalk.co.ukOpen ↗" <-- you can email us@ this site and same for Spain at "fell-fell-Open ↗
walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

I read slowly, but I also read more than one at once:

In the bathroom at the moment is Ellis Peters "Raven at the Gate" (IIRC). Trash for the bath, but a
nice feeling for local Shropshire. One of the Cadfael books. Very lightweight. Fun.

In the living room is Frames of Mind, Howard Gardner. Workstuff.

By the bed: Thomas Hardy, Return of the Native. I've walked in Dorset lots and lots, so it's
required, and pleasurable reading.

Prior to that: The Lonely Planet Tramping in NZ, and South Island Rock are always being
flicked through.

Raymond Williams: The Fight for Manod. A real 70s novel, with 70s issues. The dilemmas of a Marxist
academic. A really good feel for the problems of rural Wales. Interesting book.

Chemistry: Can't even remember the author, but a real dismal novel about druggies. Dire.

I know - more than 3, but I have undisciplined reading habits.

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emails :-( Remove mashed to reply. Sorry.

Currently finishing "Catch 22" - a classic but (dare I say it) a little too long.

Before that was "Dead Air" by Iain Banks - starts of well but soon gets worse with a truly awful
finish. A dreadful book which would never have got into print had it not been for his reputation.

And before that I think was "I, Lucifer" by Glen Duncan - the adventures of a reincarnated Satan.
Very highly recommended.

Simon

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Being off work ill and slightly bored, I took myself to the library hoping to borrow 'Touching the
Void' by Joe Simpson.I'd originally heard of him through an article on the making of the film, the
article was in the Berghaus catalogue. There is also a review of the film at
outdoorsmagic.comoutdoorsmagic.comOpen ↗ . Anyhow the book was not in and I ended up borrowing 'Storms of
Silence' by the same author. What a great read I could not put it down and would highly reccommend
it. It got me to thinking, what are the last three books people of this group have read.

Storms of Silence - Joe Simpson Between Extremes - John McCarthy, Brian Keenan The Witches Trilogy
- Terry Pratchet

Robert Macfarlane - Mountains of the Mind - A history of a fascination (I see the Grauniad has given
this their First Book Award)

Robin Wilson - Four colours suffice - how the map problem was solved

Paul Binding - Imagined corners - exploring the worlds' first atlas

All excellent - and all connected with walking.

By the way, I am lying, because in between whiles I have also consumed various light detective
novels (esp. Ian Rankin's Rebus books) and thrillers (however, as I tend to get through one of these
in an evening I regard them as little more than filler).

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217/89 Donalds 390/1552 Marilyns 439/439 Nuttalls

It got me to

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thinking, what are the last three books people of this group have read.

SMC Journal 2003 Look to Windward Iain "M" Banks Eye to the Hills Campbell Steven

Richard Webb

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jimf said:

Being off work ill and slightly bored, I took myself to the library hoping to borrow 'Touching
the Void' by Joe Simpson.I'd originally heard of him through an article on the making of the
film, the article was in the Berghaus catalogue. There is also a review of the film at
outdoorsmagic.comoutdoorsmagic.comOpen ↗ . Anyhow the book was not in and I ended up borrowing 'Storms of
Silence' by the same author. What a great read I could not put it down and would highly
reccommend it. It got me to thinking, what are the last three books people of this group have
read. Storms of Silence - Joe Simpson Between Extremes - John McCarthy, Brian Keenan The Witches
Trilogy - Terry Pratchet regards to all jimf

This is not anywhere as OT as speed cameras

Albion's Seed, by David Hatchett Fischer Seven Daughters of Eve, by Bryan (sp) Sykes Coyote Waits,
by Tony Hillerman

None of which has anything to do with walking

Tony Hillerman always makes me want to go walking in New Mexico.

My last three:

Climbing Down Graham Wilson Mountains of the Mind Robert Macfarlane Walden Henry David Thoreau

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I found that "Dark Shadows Falling" by Joe Simpson was a good read (not as good though as TtV
though) it did have a section in where discussing the ethics of people taking photographs of the
dead, he made reference to a scenerio which had a crash involving a Royal Princess and the
reaction of the press to that. What made it un-nerving was that it was written and published
before the death of Princess Diana.

Touching the Void is the only one of his I have read and I found that absolutely gripping. Not sure
| have read as many as a handful of books since but cannot recall the title or theme of even one.
TtV OTOH remains vivid in my memory.

As to a 'Royal Princess' getting killed in a car crash he was probably referring to Grace Kelly.

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Chris Townsend said:

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jimf wrote:

> Being off work ill and slightly bored, I took myself to the library hoping to borrow 'Touching
> the Void' by Joe Simpson.I'd originally heard of him through an article on the making of the
> film, the article was in the Berghaus catalogue. There is also a review of the film at
> outdoorsmagic.comoutdoorsmagic.comOpen ↗ . Anyhow the book was not in and I ended up borrowing 'Storms of
> Silence' by the same author. What a great read I could not put it down and would highly
> reccommend it. It got me to thinking, what are the last three books
>
> Storms of Silence - Joe Simpson Between Extremes - John McCarthy, Brian Keenan The Witches
> Trilogy - Terry Pratchet regards to all jimf
>

This is not anywhere as OT as speed cameras

Albion's Seed, by David Hatchett Fischer Seven Daughters of Eve, by Bryan (sp) Sykes Coyote
Waits, by Tony Hillerman

None of which has anything to do with walking

Tony Hillerman always makes me want to go walking in New Mexico. My last three: Climbing Down
Graham Wilson Mountains of the Mind Robert Macfarlane Walden Henry David Thoreau

Reading Tony Hillerman makes me want to move back to New Mexico, but there are too many people in
Alburguerque and Santa Fe. Maybe Las Cruces.....

I've only been to New Mexico once - back in 1985. I didn't go to the big cities. I hiked the state
north to south along the Continental Divide Trail. The Gila Cliff Dwellings I remember as
impressive. Along with the vast expanse of golden desert and the towering skies, which Hillerman
captures well.

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What do you think of Walden?

Interesting and quirky. I can see why it's a classic. Not the easiest book to read. It conjures up
contradictory images of a restless intelligent hyper active mind and a gentle, lazy, slow uneventful
life beside a placid pond. His thoughts on our place in nature and how to try and achieve a balance
between nature and civilisation are still relevant now of course.