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08-19-2016, 10:42 AM #1Registered User
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Summer reading: Tracking the Wild Coomba
Just finished the new biography on Coombs. If you're looking for a little escape from summer, and a little motivation to chase what is truly important to you (whether that's skiing your balls off, being a great father, etc) it's worth a few hours of your time. I've always admired videos of his skiing more than anyone's and this book helped me understand a bit of why I felt that way.
Author obviously got to know many of the most important people in Coombs life including Emily Coombs and Joe Vallone and had enough of their respect that they let him tell the story. At times I wished his editor cut some of the stylistic crud that the author has from writing from a lifestyle magazine. And personally I'd love to read more about the technicalities of Doug's ski descents. Still a good story, well told, with the right cast of characters.
It's $15 or $20 bucks and worth your time. Its available here http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/Tra...ampaign=Coomba or on Amazon.
If you order it via Amazon, use Amazon Smile and select the Doug Coombs Foundation as your charity. Or just send them a few bucks anyhow.
What should I read next? (Besides my yearly dose of "Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain.")
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08-19-2016, 11:44 AM #2Registered User
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Sounds awesome! Thanks for the rec!
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08-19-2016, 05:04 PM #3
This looks like an excellent read, he is definitely one of my idols.
As far as what to read next, David Roberts is an absolutely exceptional author/mountaineer who has written some excellent books. The three of his I recommend most are:
1. The Last of His Kind (it's a biography of pioneering Alaskan alpinist Bradford Washburn)
2. Escape from Lucania (another thrilling Bradford Washburn tale)
3. The Mountain of my Fear
Okay and a fourth book by him, "Mt. Deborah."
He also has written some other great books, basically you can't go wrong with David Roberts.
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08-19-2016, 05:54 PM #4
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08-22-2016, 06:35 AM #5Registered User
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For your next read, even if you're not a surfer, try Barbarian Days by William Finnegan.
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08-22-2016, 08:02 AM #6Registered User
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08-22-2016, 03:35 PM #7
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