[at-l] Books To Go Hiking With?

[dennis@bcontech.com (Dennis Gass)]

One of the guys I shuttled to Springer this year had a rather large book
with him.  I don't recall the name of it.  When he started he carried it
in a white plastic grocery store type bag because his pack was too full
of other stuff, including a 2 pound pyrex dish to cook in.  A week later
when I ran into him at Neels Gap he had it down to everything fitting in
the pack.  He said he would feel cleaner with glass because he would be
able to see the dirt on it, unlike the titanium or aluminum pots.
Getting back to the book, he said he wanted to leave a page of the book
at every shelter for others behind him to read.  You're not the only one
that carries a book.



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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:33 AM
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Subject: [at-l] Books To Go Hiking With?


OK,  First off, before you tuckerize me, I have been reading myself to
sleep for about 20 years now.  Even if its just a few pages, I get to
sleep easier after reading something.  If I don't read, my body just
sits there wide awake wondering when I'm gonna get out my book
and start reading.

So, that said...  What books do you think would be good theme-y or 
not so theme-y to read while hiking and/or thru-hiking?

2 Suggestions I got while watercooling this one were:

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence
On The Road (kerouac)

-- 
Jonathan Hartford				jon@outland.net
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