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Dwight Livingston wrote:wendy wrote: Over the Edge: Death at the Grand Canyon
I believe the first of that series is Death at Yellowstone. If you liked Over the Edge, you'll really like this. I have to admit I enjoyed them both very much.
Good topic.
shibumi wrote:Art Palmer's new book on Cave Geology is an awesome read!
It's real easy to have outsiders (both with a little o and a big O) criticize the actions of people and attribute blame.
hunter wrote:It's real easy to have outsiders (both with a little o and a big O) criticize the actions of people and attribute blame.
Just for the record, I felt the inclusion of this line in a criticism of "Into Thin Air" was totally unfair. John Krakauer was a member of the expedition in question and participated fully in the events before, during, and after the 1996 disaster. He was in no way an outsider. The Climb and Into Thin Air present very different view points by two people who were both present and both books are worth reading.
James
I think you misread something, James. Book critics criticize. That's what they do for a living. It's likely the reviewer knew Krakauer was on the team, and was commenting on other comments, though it's hard to tell from your mere snippet.
I boycotted Into Thin Air because I didn't like the concept of Krakauer profiting off other people's deaths and his judgement of other actions. Instead I read Anatoli Boukreev's The Climb ( http://www.amazon.com/Climb-Anatoli-Bou ... 883&sr=1-1 ) where he recounts what he did and why. It's real easy to have outsiders (both with a little o and a big O) criticize the actions of people and attribute blame. Having been on expeditions where people have died, I've seen/heard enough mud slung, and I don't like it one bit. It's one thing to have accident analyses by neutral parties (and even THOSE are potentially subjective). But too many people think they can tell someone else who wasn't there, what they should have done.
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