Tag: book review
Book Review: Avalanche Dreams—Lou Dawson’s Lessons for Life
Lou grew up in a haze of hippiedom, moving from the east to Texas to Colorado. He highlights the imagination, insecurity, excitement, and dismay in a counterculture beatnik upbringing and recounts stories of Aspen before its glam heyday. Challenges at home fueled a drive towards the outdoors, a theme carried through his story. The high country finds him as much as he finds it.
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Book Review: The Avalanche Factor by Joe Stock
In his introduction to The Avalanche Factor, Stock writes, “If you are interested in Avalanches, this book addresses two questions: Why do people get caught in avalanches? and How can we avoid getting caught?”
Those questions, ultimately, pivot toward who the book’s potential readers are. Let’s get this out front—any backcountry tourists should be reading this book since, by default, you should be interested in the two foundational questions posed and answered in The Avalanche Factor.
Those questions, ultimately, pivot toward who the book’s potential readers are. Let’s get this out front—any backcountry tourists should be reading this book since, by default, you should be interested in the two foundational questions posed and answered in The Avalanche Factor.
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