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Accidents in North American Mountaineering 1990 : Vol 6, Number 1, Issue 43 by John E. (Jed) AAC - Williamson
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Sharon:
About my libraryWell over 800 volumes of climbing-mountaineering lit and guidebooks alone, including many first editions and signed. It will take a looooong time to get those entered--plus we have hundreds of books on figure skating, science fiction, history, medicine-nursing-health-altitude illness, USSR-Russia, writing, faith-spirituality-Christianity, search and rescue, biographies, art, crafts-assemblage, sewing-costuming, Princess Diana...we are interested in a LOT of things. (Admittedly, Steve is more into climbing, skiing, history, & politics -- than hypoxia, costuming, and Princess Diana).
Our climbing books have been tracked for some years now via an Excel spreadsheet as so many are unusual or valuable for various reasons: imported, first editions, long out-of-print, or who has signed them. (Not to be be morbid, but there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers. But -- there are no old, bold climbers.)
Tags: an asterisk (*) indicates the book is completely cataloged, and that the cover, ISBN, and other info are correct for that particular edition.
~Sharon
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SHARON'S BOOKS READ IN 2009 (list incomplete -- I keep forgetting to update):
"The Game of Kings" by Dorothy Dunnett (in progress)
"Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance" by Atul Gawande (in progress)
"The Persian Boy" by Mary Renault (in progress)
"Rocket Men" by Craig Nelson (in progress)
"The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger
"A Wall of White" by Jennifer Woodlief
"Kushiel's Dart" by Jacqueline Carey
"Weekends at Bellevue" by Julie Holland MD
"The Commoner: A Novel" by John Burnham Schwartz
"From Turban to Toe Ring" by Dawn Brown & Barry Brown
"The Unthinkable" by Amanda Ripley
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UPDATE 1 March 2008:
The majority of our climbing books have now been cataloged.
UPDATE 6 Sept 2008:
Caving and altitude medicine books in progress.
UPDATE 13 Sep 2008:
Bookshelves remain far from cataloged...and I also found several boxes packed full. Ack! Religion & novels are currently in progress.
UPDATE 25 Sept 2009:
Nursing & medicine in progress. This is gonna take a while...
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posted by stellarexplorer at 3:14 am (EST) on Nov 17, 2009
BTW, did you get my email?
posted by stellarexplorer at 2:56 am (EST) on Nov 17, 2009
XD
Oh, I slay me!
posted by richardderus at 12:53 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2009
(I've just had an amazing morning taking 11 kids resident in our violence center to our Exploration Station. They rode over hoping to find video games, but once there, they ran and dressed up and played real imagination games, and it was great!)
See you later.
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 1:14 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2009
Happy Weekend!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 11:15 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2009
My oldest son, sounds like you, when you were young. He loved book. He couldn't get enough. I never ever told him that the book that he has picked to read wasn't for him. While I did the dishes he would ask if he could read my book to me. I enjoyed my son's love of books. He is still an avid reader.
Strange that you thought of me while in the shower today. I dont' believe I have ever been on anyone's mind while they were in the shower...if I was then they never told me about it lol.
I sure am glad you found me Sharon.
Have you checked out my thread....http://www.librarything.com/topic/74233 or maybe....http://www.librarything.com/topic/74607 if you don't like those you can always check out...http://www.librarything.com/topic/74651.... those aren't your cup of tea you can try...http://www.librarything.com/topic/70612. But that is all I have to offer you. Hope to see you on a post in the near future
posted by callmejacx at 10:29 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2009
posted by callmejacx at 9:57 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2009
posted by callmejacx at 9:32 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2009
O.K. Confession time. The only mountain (!) that I ever climbed was Lookout Mountain within the confines of Montreat, the Presbyterian conference center just outside Black Mountain in N.C. One walks up a trail to climb Lookout until about the last 25 feet, at which time this intrepid mountaineer absolutely used her knees! So you continue to wow me - even without the totally satisfying information that you had just "put up" a new route!
(And I'm tickled to see Leo Rosten added to your library. I don't know that particular one, but he's an old favorite.)
Hope you both enjoy a good week.
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 10:05 am (EST) on Oct 5, 2009
Whatever, I'm glad that you rescued the books, and I really don't need one, thank you kindly though!
(Don't you bruise your knees climbing in shorts? Yours look fine; mine would have been unsightly!) (In a personal aside, I'm only beginning to accept that there are certain things that I am truly physically unable to do and, therefore, will never experience. Climbing is one of them. Well. Phooey. The coastal plain of NC has to be some of the flattest earth on Earth.)
Hope you're having a great weekend!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 1:00 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2009
posted by stellarexplorer at 12:56 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2009
posted by brewbooks at 11:58 am (EST) on Oct 3, 2009
posted by stellarexplorer at 2:25 am (EST) on Oct 3, 2009
Looking forward to it now though!
'fox
posted by reading_fox at 4:10 am (EST) on Oct 2, 2009
posted by stellarexplorer at 10:58 am (EST) on Sep 29, 2009
I am glad to hear the healing process is continuing, and it is good,I guess, that work is busy. You would find enough to do even if it weren't busy, I suspect!
I haven't been reading a lot lately other than Georgette Heyer, whom I have been devouring. I found another 9 of her books on paperbackswap.com, and can't wait until they arrive!
posted by kokipy at 7:52 pm (EST) on Sep 22, 2009
posted by kokipy at 5:13 pm (EST) on Sep 21, 2009
posted by LizzieD at 12:13 pm (EST) on Sep 12, 2009
Well, pooh! I thought I left a long post here, and now I don't see it. I said that I was flattered that you thought I had read a lot because I look at our mutual friends and Nulla and lriley and am ashamed that I don't use my retirement time better. I always seem to be online, and much of that time I'm buying even more books. On the other hand, I'm so happy to have found CJC and that friendly place. Thank you!
I spent part of a weekend recently at Bev's place at White Lake. I think she was pleased with the performance of this year's Royal Fireworks event but dissatisfied with the organization. Did you go? Was it up to snuff for you?
Did you ever read any more Dorothy Dunnett? I do find her florid style a little off-putting, but the story is so great that I ignore my impatience.
That's what I said more or less. I hope that this one posts and thank you for stopping by to speak and wish you a happy weekend!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 12:13 pm (EST) on Sep 12, 2009
So ---- I spent part of the weekend before Labor Day at Bev's place at White Lake. She was happy enough with the performance at Water Music/Fireworks but was somewhat unhappy with the organization. Did you go?
And I wonder whether you read any more Dorothy Dunnett..... I can see how somebody might not have patience with her rather florid style!
Thanks for dropping by. Enjoy your weekend!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 12:03 pm (EST) on Sep 12, 2009
posted by stellarexplorer at 1:43 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2009
posted by stellarexplorer at 12:07 am (EST) on Jun 29, 2009
You recommended this, right?
Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure
by Maria Coffey
posted by stellarexplorer at 7:38 pm (EST) on Jun 28, 2009
posted by stellarexplorer at 2:33 am (EST) on Jun 20, 2009
I'm envious of your reading the Crawford of Lymond series. I've reread all but the last. Sometimes only Lymond will do! I haven't made great inroads into the Niccolo series. They are good, but just not as good to me. The overall structure is also very similar, but Francis is tne more appealling character.
posted by LizzieD at 7:52 pm (EST) on May 9, 2009
posted by megrave at 6:58 pm (EST) on Apr 20, 2009
Enjoy!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 5:01 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2009
posted by MrCanoe at 10:11 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2009
Your catalog is quite impressive! Someday I'm going to make time to get all of mine in - for now, I'm having to settle for adding as I read.
posted by fssunnysd at 9:42 am (EST) on Sep 15, 2008
I wanted to get back to you on Fallen Giants. I am less then a third of the way through the book but I am enjoying it very much. It is an information dense but highly readable history and I think it would be a worthy edition to your library. The book is also well illustrated with maps and photos and contains many passages from the diaries and memoirs of the pioneering climbers who came into the terra incognito of the Himalayas (well at least for the Europeans) and reconnoitered the way to numerous summits. With a mountaineering library as extensive as your's and Steve's I think not having this book would be a cause for eventual regret. If I had to find one possible fault in the book so far (though not for me) it is the lack deeper technical climbing information. On the other hand, this is meant to be comprehensive but single volume history so something had to be excluded. But as you already know many books have already been written that document individual climbs. I see that there are almost 70 alone in your library (tag: Himalayas). I will eventually post a review but wanted to get back to you while first editions are readily and inexpensively available. Take care.
posted by ALinNY458 at 10:27 pm (EST) on Sep 4, 2008
Thanks for your note. Funny, I actually thought of you and Steve last week and checked to see if you had read it. I just ordered it Friday from Amazon so it will be a few days before I get it. Since you asked me for a review I'll put it at the top of the book pile. Two reasons I ordered it were first curiousity about the current state of climbing given the recent disaster on K2 (and let's not forget Into Thin Air). One of the climbers who survived said that more might have survived had they acted as a team after the initial avalanche instead of individuals with an 'every man for himself attitude. It's really gotten stupid. The second reason is that I recently finished 'A Soldier of the Great War' by Mark Helprin and it had one of the most vivid description of climbing experience I have ever read. Didn't make me want to start climbing but I felt like I understood why someone would. When I saw that this book had been published by YUP I said I had to have it.
I'll get back to you soon with an initial impression. Bye for now.
posted by ALinNY458 at 6:56 pm (EST) on Aug 25, 2008
posted by TheaMak at 8:37 am (EST) on Aug 9, 2008
Even negative comments are helpful, and I would appreciate your time.
Thanks!
Corey Parker
Addis Ababa
posted by ichliebebueche at 11:23 am (EST) on May 29, 2008