A Mountain Too Far

Post by **chester** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 8:47 pm

I've been reading this book and it's pretty good.
It is about a Father dealing with the death of his rock climbing son. He died in a 1997 climbing accident. His father had spent years arguing with him over climbing and trying to persuade him to quit..."For the sake of the people who love you." (a common argument amoung my family members).
Well, after the accident, the Father decided the only way he could come to terms with the death was to learn about climbing and figure out what drove his son to do it. So he started climbing.

I've been looking for this book for over a year and finally found it at the Cincinnati Public Library, Downtown.

Post by **Eric** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 9:16 pm

sounds pretty cool

Post by **SCIN** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 9:20 pm

Man, that sounds like the dumbest book I could ever imagine! What a stupid idea for a story! Damn...I can't believe you want to read such a gay book. Are you smoking crack? Is your brain partially eaten by rats? Stupid, stupid, stupid Chester.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 9:28 pm

I just put the book in my Amazon cart. As far as I know I haven't smoked any crack today.

Post by **chester** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 9:45 pm

SCIN, you're just jealous because I know how to read.

Post by **tomdarch** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 5:53 am

Personally, I always remind my family that the most dangerous thing I do on a climbing trip is ride in/drive a car. Mountaineers get killed in all sorts of ways on mountains, but rock climbers die in car crashes driving to/from the crag (Gullich, etc.)

Speaking of climbing books, has anyone read a novel that came out about 5 years ago that was set in Yosemite? I think that "looking for" or "searching" was in the title. Two friends prepare for and do a big wall, with other stuff going on, of course. Does this sound familiar?

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 7:18 pm

yeah, i do! i think it was "searching for SCIN's infinitesimally small member"

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 7:20 pm

so since i'm a no good, unemployed graduate these days, what are some good books? i'm reading animal farm and 1984 at the moment. i hate history.

Post by **Yasmeen** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 7:27 pm

1984 is sweet! Disturbing at the end though. If you're looking for some interesting non-history reading, maybe you could pick up my Operations Research Applications and Algorithms book and skim through a couple chapters for me. Or perhaps Networking in the Internet Age?

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 7:49 pm

yeah, thanks for the suggestions, but i've already read through those a few times. i do like algorithms though. i made one for me going to the bathroom in the middle of the night since i live in an attic.