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Book: Deep Survival / Laurence Gonzales
This book has some weaknesses. It’s a little overblown at regular intervals, a bit repetitive, and has a dash more macho than I usually like. These are small complaints about a close examination how humans behave under the supreme stress of survival situations, and why they behave that way, that is ultimately thoughtful and broad.…
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Dorothy Stewart Trail
The physical feeling of moving slug-like underwater has not left since we stopped hiking 20 miles a day last week. We take our friend Lisa, who is nursing an ankle injury, on this short hike. The feeling persists throughout. Maybe the combination of hiking and illness has left me with greater deficits than I realize.…
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Wyoming CDT Final Tallies
Some numbers from our walk across Wyoming: Miles Hiked: Hours Tracked: Elevation Gain (ft): Rattlesnakes: Mink: Badgers: Bison: Snails: Bears: Moose: Jackrabbits: Wild Turkeys: Jackalopes: Wild Horses: Deer: Elk: Antelope: Ticks: Biblical swarms of mosquitoes. Untold numbers of other insects, lizards, birds, marmots, and rodents.
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Book: All the Pretty Horses / Cormac McCarthy
I was skeptical of this, not being a horse person, but it hooked me in other ways. Desert and mountain landscapes, the impulsive walkabouts of youth, curiosity about Mexico, a smattering of Spanish, and the novelty of a western that doesn’t take place in the old west all kept me reading. It was grittier than…