Adventure Expedition Books
This cluster features recommendations of books about epic expeditions, polar explorations, mountaineering, sailing voyages, wilderness survival, and other extreme adventures.
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Try "The Worst Journey in the World" [1], there are eBook links from the wiki page.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Journey_in_the_World
I'm working my way through `Endurance: Shackleton's incredible voyage` by Alfred Lansing after it was recommended in another recent HN comment thread. I really like it so far.
The book "Death of a River Guide" offers quite a fascinating perspective on this
You'd probably like this as well:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112066.Moments_of_Doubt_...
Sounds like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_%28book%29
Most definitely agreed; I read it many years ago as a youngster, and have never forgotten it.For a different telling of the expedition more generally, Mrs Chippy's Last Expedition is worth a look:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128731.Mrs_Chippy_s_Last...
You should read some Edward Abbey.
“The Measure of All Things” by Ken Adler[0] is a good, extremely readable book about their adventure, which was indeed wild.[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-349-...
I highly recommend reading Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild if this story interests you - it's the story of McCandless in all its gory detail.
There is an enjoyable book, written by someone who has explored these and (many) other deep places in the world. I think I saw it posted on HN originally.Book name: UndergroundAuthor: Will huntamazon search url: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=under+ground+will+hunt