Recommended Reading List:
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man’s Miraculous Survival. by Joe Simpson
Wild: from Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Stayed
A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Kings of the Yukon: A River Journey in Search of the Chinook. by Adam Weymouth
River of Fire: Conflict and Survival on the Seal River by Hap Wilson
Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada’s Arctic by Adam Shoalts
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube by Blair Braverman
Trails and Tribulations: Confessions of a Wilderness Pathfinder by Hap Wilson
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World’s 14 Highest Peaks by Eric Viesturs
Alone Against the North by Adam Shoalts
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev
Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold with David Roberts
Braving It: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild by James Campbell
Paddling My Own Canoe by Audrey Sutherland
Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure by Don Starkell
A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter
The Dangerous River: Adventure on the Nahanni by RM Patterson
The Last Season by Eric Blehm
To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins
*click on the green title, then on the blue title for story details (and to purchase on Amazon).
