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Book Review:  Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air is a first-person account of a climbing expedition that went horrifically wrong. Krakauer, a journalist, was hired by Outside, an adventure magazine, to join a mountain climbing team whose purpose was to attain the summit of Mount … Continue reading

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Book Review:  Philosophy for Polar Explorers by Erling Kagge

Not long ago I was pleasantly surprised by the beautiful photos and thoughts in Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge. This book is similar in that it is full of breathtaking photographs, mainly of Kagge’s journeys to … Continue reading

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