Books to bring hiking

[Leo L.]

Using the Kindle app on the smartphone works really great.
Just don't forget to really download your books into the device, not to rely on the content displayed in the MyLibrary Home.

Had my phone with me on a hike once and got stuck by bad weather for a full day without cell service - no problem, I've all my books with me - just to find out that the only downloaded book available was Black Hawk down - not exactly the perfect book for a cosy rainy day in the tent.

[JayLake]

Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh

Sports Gene by David Epstein

[Dogwood]

"Climate of Fear" is an eye opener for all the global warming types

Hmm, written by an economist(one who studies the flow of money) not a scientist.

Might want to also read Merchants of Doubt or the movie by the same title.

[rocketsocks]

Hmm, written by an economist(one who studies the flow of money) not a scientist.

Might want to also read Merchants of Doubt or the movie by the same title.

or "one second after" that kinda negates it all.

[Heliotrope]

When I met Mr Happy a few weeks ago, he was reading The Dharma Bumbs by Kerouac. Well, I just finished it and it would be an awesome book to read while on a hike!

Yes! Surprised that hasn't been made into a film.


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[gpburdelljr]

Roughing It, by Mark Twain.

[double d]

A pocket U.S. Constitution-great to read at night while hiking!

[cliffordbarnabus]

anything by kerouac.

anything by salinger.

you're set.

[gpburdelljr]

Every book is a TARDIS.

[greensleep]

Every book is a TARDIS.

very good,

[Whack-a-mole]

Atlas Shrugged is a great book. Start it Springer and it will last you a while. Should be required reading for all college freshmen.

[MtDoraDave]

I always bring a paperback from an author I know and like. If I finish it before I finish the hike, I'll leave it in a shelter for someone else to read - or use as fire starter.

If you are not an avid reader or tend to fall asleep as soon as your head hits your "pillow", it's probably a waste of weight and space to carry a book, but if you're like me, and need to read for an hour or so to go to sleep, a paperback is great. If you fall somewhere in between, you could carry something smaller; A collection or short stories or novellas can be cut into sections. For example, "Different Seasons" by Stephen King has 4 such stories, including the one The Shawshank Redemption movie was based on.

If you do choose to carry a book like Atlas Shrugged (1400 pages), The Clan of the Cave Bear (500 pages) or The Stand (over 1000 pages), you could do like many do with their AT guide and separate it into sections, carrying only part of it at a time.

Keeping it in a ziploc bag may be a good idea, too, because a wet book is both heavy and hard to read.

[LIhikers]

For those of you hiking with paper books here's a heads up.
At the Telephone Pioneers shelter in New York there's a book exchange library.
There's a box mounted to the front of the shelter where you can leave a book/take a book.
My wife and I did an overnighter there late this past winter and it was there then with a number of books in it.

[Venchka]

Atlas Shrugged is a great book. Start it Springer and it will last you a while. Should be required reading for all college freshmen.

Reading real books should be required of all college students.
On the subject of Climate:
Read a Climatology textbook written in the 1960s. Before all of the definitions were changed to support The New Agenda.
Groove on this:
Without climate change, we would still be enjoying this -
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.histo...g-consequences
Wayne



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