Adventure Bookshelf

“A border is always a temptation.”
-Larry McMurtry
The Peoples Guide to Mexico holds a place of honor amongst the collection of adventure books upon my shelf. It is a book both practical & charming, informative & entertaining, useful whether in Mexico or far from it’s borders.

“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.”
Sir Edmund Hillary
Mountaineering legend & humanitarian Edmund Hillary has passed on at the age of 88. Hillary, who alongside sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was first to climb Mount Everest, the world highest mountain [...]

” So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it.”
Harold Acton
Pronounced “Mo-leh-skeen-eh” by those in the know or think they are, moleskine notebooks have a reputation as the legendary portable medium of choice for the expression of famous artists - [...]

Although decried by many as another step in the downfall of the printed word, the internet is a excellent tool for those who love books and reading. Modern databases offer cool opportunities for readers to catalog, interact and share. Here are three book related websites we like:

“Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.”
-Eudora Welty
Narrative historian Fergus Fleming brings a collection of vignettes to the page with Off the Map: Tales of Endurance and Exploration.
Forty-five different narratives chronicle three separate eras -

The Age of Reconnaissance
The Age of Inquiry
The Age of Endeavor

Opening with Marco Polo in Mongolia in [...]

“..Then the whole fascinating vision vanished,
enveloped in cloud once more..”
Noel Odell
Geologist/Oxygen Officer
1924 Everest Expedition
“We will stomp to the top with the wind in our teeth.” Is a quote attributed to George Mallory and a little less cliche than his enduring catch phrase - “Because it is there.” Whether he did ‘stomp to the top‘ [...]