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Tweet This is the third book of Joe Simpson that I have read and I am going to read more. I have already read Touching the Void, This Game of Ghosts and now The Beckoning Silence. “Sometimes I feel completely unnerved, wary of the cupboard crammed with skeletons that sometimes seem to constitute the sum total of [...]
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Tweet This Game of Ghosts by Joe Simpson is a remarkable book. I thought there could be nothing more gripping that his Touching the Void but I enjoyed reading this one equally if not more. If you have not read Touching the Void I would say you read it first. If you like reading about [...]
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Tweet The Naked Mountain is the account of the ascent and tragedy on the Nanga Parbat in Pakistan. I am aware there are other accounts of the same expedition but Rehinold Messner’s account is the only one I have read. The expedition was full of controversy and ended in almost a double tragedy. The Rupal [...]
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Tweet Tomaz Humar is the name of the world renowned Slovenian climber. He cooperated with Bernadette McDonald to produce this biography. And I read it twice. I don’t know what is the lure of the climbing books for me because I am no climber and I will never be. All I do is to trek once or [...]
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Tweet Even if you read climbing related books marginally, chances are you would have heard of Reinhold Messner. Many would argue that he is the greatest climber of all times. I of course have very limited knowledge about climbing. I just like to read climbing books and even with my limited reading I have been [...]
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Tweet I have to admit I love to walk so much so that once a senior professor at my workplace remarked that I actually walk with a vengeance! For me a holiday is complete only if I get to walk for a few kilometers and of course on some of the holidays I predominantly walk. [...]
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I started 'Travel Tales from India' my India Travel Blog in 2005 and it has become an anchor for my travel writing. My blog was once linked at BBC and The Guardian. All my stories published at Gonomad can be viewed from my writer profile page. In December 2010 I featured in a National Geographic Skoda Yeti Video. My blog was voted the best Travel Indiblogin 2006. You can write to me at mridulablog at gmail dot com For advertising queries please check out my advertising page.