The
Exploration Of The Colorado River And
Its Canyons
By John Wesley Powell
One of the great works of American exploration literature, this
account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine,
mutiny, and some of the most dangerous rapids known to man
remains as fresh and exciting today as it was in 1874.
Kon-Tiki:
Across The Pacific By Raft
By Thor Heyerdahl
Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey
of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft.
Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl
suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an
ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a
mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove his theory by
duplicating the legendary voyage.
Touching
The Void: The Harrowing First Person Account...
By Joe Simpson
An epic chronicle of suffering and survival, and of the triumph
of the human spirit. Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were descending
a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when Simpson broke his leg. In a
desperate descent, Yates lowered Simpson over the cliff. Yates was
forced to cut the ropes just seconds before he would have been
pulled to his own death. Simpson fell away into the dark
crevasse. Four days later, and in a tremendous feat of
endurance, Simpson crawled into camp, half dead.
The
Travels of Marco Polo
By Marco Polo
This was chosen as one of the ten best adventure books of all time by
National Geographic Adventure. Marco Polo chronicles his travels
from thirteenth-century Venice, his birthplace, to Asia. He
travels by foot, horse, and boat through many places including
Persia, the land of the Tartars, Tibet, India, and, most
important, China. This is a gripping look at a legendary place
and time.
We
Aspired : The Last Innocent Americans
By Peter Sinclair
Peter Sinclair's book explains more clearly than any other recent
mountaineering book why climbers climb. He deals with a decade,
1959-69, when all serious climbers knew each other before the
now common guided "circuses" developed.
Finally, he reports on one aspect of climbing that no other book
does: mountain rescue.
Where
The Pavement Ends: One Woman's
Bicycle Trip Through Mongolia, China and Vietnam
By Erika Warmbrunn
In August of 1993, with only a bicycle
named Greene for a traveling companion, a 27-year-old American
set off on an eight-month, 8,000-kilometer trek that would take
her from the shores of Lake Baikal through Mongolia, China, and
Vietnam, all the way to the Mekong Delta. This is her story of
that adventure.
