[at-l] Into the Void and Into Thin Air

[GoVolsKelly at aol.com (GoVolsKelly@aol.com)]

Books, more often than not, take large chunks out of my day.  So does 
gardening, playing poker online, getting drunk with my friends and other stuff.  Do 
what you like, when you like.  I've given up on rich and famous and settled on 
happy.  

PoorDrunkAndWellReadGoVols (not to mention a few tomatoes richer from the 
poker game) Not to mention happy.

In a message dated 12/29/2004 10:46:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
mathews@uga.edu writes:


> Anyway, back to the subject line.....
> I think we may have discussed these books before but I was buying presents 
> in the bookstore when I saw a copy of Touching the Void.  I bought it and 
> started reading it and could not put it down.  Took a little chunk out of 
> my day and I have to say that I was very taken with the story and the 
> determination showed by the injured climber.  After I read the book I got 
> the DVD and viewed it and the scenery was breathtaking and awesome. You 
> have to hand it to the climbers for the challenge they faced, even though 
> as an armchair quarterback, its easy to second guess some of their 
> decisions from the comfort of a chair in front of a fireplace. I did like 
> the book better than the DVD.