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Adrian Hendroff has a photo book on Irish highpoints – Explore Ireland’s Mountains’s Photos
Karen James has written a book “Holding Fast: The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy” about finding faith following the death of her husband Kelly James on Mount Hood in December 2006.
This little blurb about speaking engagement for Dee Molenaar gives a chance to plug his seminal 1971 book The challenge of Rainier which is now available to read at least portion on Google books.
Mark Beaumont bicycled around the the world in a record 194 days and 17 hours in 2008. In 2009, he biked the American Cordillera – the longest mountain range on the planet. Included on the adventure were climbs of McKinley and Aconcagua.
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Rachel Crolla passes along this information on a new highest points of Europe. Below is her press release.
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Rick Brown, a Great Smoky National Park Ranger who has contributed to our forum has a book out recounting his experiences Ranger Up. You can see more on his website.
Baxter State Park ranger Andrew Vietze has a book Becoming Teddy Roosevelt: How a Maine Guide Inspired America’s 26th President about how Maine guide William Wingate Sewall helped shape Theodore Roosevelt from a clumsy boy “wearing big spectacles and weighing a scant 135 pounds” into a Rough Rider. Among the big turning points for Roosevelt was when he summited Katahdin after his other relatives couldn’t. Roosevelt had discovered that he was tougher than he thought!
Books: The famed TR toughness? He learned it in Maine’s woods – Maine Sunday Telegram – April 25, 2010
Branch Whitney has just published a book on hiking the Southwest including state highpoints.
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