barney_rebel Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Halfway through it. Who else has read it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Wait, is this that book where some idiot got lost in Alaska and every high school teacher loves this book and Sean Penn made it into a movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I read it years ago, after watching the movie. It's not bad, but as far as Krakauer's books go, "Thin Air" is much better.As you can see from these reactions, it is quite a divisive book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 This is a great story.... totally digging it. Beautifully written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 This guy was in my graduating class at Emory. He was part of that starry-eyed idealistic (and unrealistic) contingent you see at every university - "gonna seek inner peace and then world peace". You know the kind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 (edited) This guy was in my graduating class at Emory. He was part of that starry-eyed idealistic (and unrealistic) contingent you see at every university - "gonna seek inner peace and then world peace". You know the kind.Ghandi? ;) I enjoyed the book. Easy read, interesting story. Edited June 7, 2013 by goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGr8imL84AD8inF8sBlackSedan Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 I first read it when it came out in what...'97 and loved it, read it multiple times. It's a well written, good story and I've given copies to friends and recommending it many times. I've done some internet research about the cause of his death and although Krakauers theory is interesting, from what I've gathered it's not completely accurate and what really did him in was simple starvation due to lack of food, not alkaloids in seeds or whatever the theory is. CM did some really amazing things and had a really adventurous life but his downfall was just a big f**k up on his part. Krakauer is a good writer and as someone else mentioned check out Into Thin Air (another I've read multiple times) and then there is Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey Of Pat Tillman which is really good although towards the end he starts throwing in his political opinions which I'm sure not everyone will agree with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Rebel Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 This is a great story.... totally digging it. Beautifully written. It's one of those books I always knew I "should" read. I've always wanted to read it. I actually bought it at a book fair a couple years back and it's been sitting on the shelf. Love my commitment? haha Okay, moving it to the top of the list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 This is a great story.... totally digging it. Beautifully written. It's one of those books I always knew I "should" read. I've always wanted to read it. I actually bought it at a book fair a couple years back and it's been sitting on the shelf. Love my commitment? haha Okay, moving it to the top of the list! Dude, I have read 4 books since completing it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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