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Tigers of the Snow

29-Apr-03

I finished reading a great new book Tigers of the snow. What makes this book particularly interesting is it tells the history of himalayan climbing from the perspective of the sherpa’s who endured the hardships for food instead of the mountaineers who went for personal glory. I’ve read tons of moutaineering books but this one [...]

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American Gods

17-Apr-03

I just finished off Neil Gaimans’s American Gods. The books recieved the 2002 Hugo Award. Its about an ex-con Shadow who on the way home from prison, meets up with Wednesday, who actually is a god. The whole book is about gods from the “old-world” and what they are experiencing in the new world battling [...]

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