More Books – Just keeping track of what I have been reading

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman; John Krakauer

Another excellent book by Krakauer. Very detailed research. I'm glad I read this book because otherwise I might have stereotyped Tillman. He was a stud. Very smart, sensitive and questioning of what was going on around him.

Into Thin Air; John Krakauer

If you are thinking about climbing Mt. Everest you may lose interest after reading this book. Great book but I don't know why anyone would want to climb that mountain. Amazing tales of how some people will do anything to help people and others will walk right past a dying person to say they climbed a mountain. Some of this book is frankly hard to believe. Great book though.

Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home; Fernando Parrado

The events of this story happened when I was a small child so I had little knowledge of the tragedy and subsequent miracle. The original book on the subject, Alive, had been written in 1974, two years after the crash but was not written by a crash survivor. This book was written by a survivor and is an unbelievable story told very well. I'd love to meet Nando Parrado. Their (the survivors) story is amazing and just goes to show how tough people can be when they need to be.