Re: Darwin and adventure
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I get bored reading the "nuts and bolts" type of books as personally I learn better by seeing things first hand than from books. What makes Gonzales's book interesting are the stories of people who are truly experts and still screw up from simple things such as brief mental distractions. For example, Lynn Hill forgetting to secure the rope and falling from a rapel; the expert kayaker who is too focused on kayaking that he can't see that the river is moving too swiftly and will likely, and does, kill him.
Deep Survival should be read first, the how to books can follow years later.
What are the other books on your list?
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