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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (166521)9/10/2008 1:01:48 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 225578
 
Have read "Into Thin Air," and "Into The Wild." Krakauer's work helps me to understand what goes into the minds of those kinds of people. He describes his own climb up The Thumb, a mountain that looks unclimbable from 35 miles away. I've seen it, but would never try to climb it.