Books

[Pablo]

Tony Hawks was his name also Gavin Maxwell wrote some great books.

[lutonlagerlout]

Me too im more into non-fiction, thats why i like Bill Bryson and Joe Simpson

How good is, The Beckoning Silence?!!
Brilliant and quite harrowing at the same time.

The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer is a classic about the Eiger if you enjoyed BS.

A couple of my fav's are,

The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden, (knocks spots of the film, and that is pretty good!)

City Of God by ?

Marching Powder by Rusty Young

Bringing Down the house by Ben Mezrich

Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer

Any reccomendations for Non fiction in return???

Cheers

JD

separated at birth JD
i have read nearly all on your list
snowblind is a great read by robbert sabbag
also smokescreen
into the wild is a cracking read
"mindhunter" by john douglas is a great book about profiling serial killers
"agent zigzag " is a cracking true wartime tale
"hard time " by paul attwood is a good brit in usa jail book
"this bloody mary is the last thing i own" Jonathan rendall excellent stuff
"the naked trader" by robbie burns stock market stuff
"concrete at home " fu-tung cheng
"the cocaine trilogy" michael guinzburg
and last but definitely not least
Driveways, Paths and Patios: A Complete Guide to Design Management and Construction by our own sweet gaffer Tony mac
plenty there
cheers LLL

[joydivision]

ive read all of joe simpsons, simon yates's, and into thin air, also white spider is a legendary piece of writing, i got into the mountaineering literature after reading joe simpsons "touching the void" about 4 times, really inspiring stuff.

I take it your a mountaineer? Id love to do some training and take it up.

What gave you that idea?! :;):

Anyway I wouldnt say that, more of a weekend warrior!

Dont know if you have read these if you like climbing/mountaineering lit,

The Crystal Horizon by Reinhold Messner
Psychovertical by Andy Kirkpatrick
Troll Wall by ?

Also not literature but some stunning photos here:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/photos/top200.html



JD

[Pablo]

Anyone ever read The Damage Done By Warren Fellows it would make you not even think about breaking the law in Thailand

[joydivision]

Cheers LLL for the reccomendations!
I have only read, Into the Wild on your list, so plenty to go at.

Thats me being a boaring bas*%$d for the next couple of months!!

JD

[joydivision]

Anyone ever read The Damage Done By Warren Fellows it would make you not even think about breaking the law in Thailand

Yes Pablo, I have.
Great read. Set in, 'Bang Kwang' wasnt it?
Wouldnt wanna be in one of them holes eating cockroach!

JD

[DNgroundworks]

Dont worry JD im a boring barsteward most of the time lol

[lutonlagerlout]

Anyone ever read The Damage Done By Warren Fellows it would make you not even think about breaking the law in Thailand

read nearly all the dopey brit in jail abroad books
got 2 mates who have served time in america one 4 years the other 7
you really dont need to get nicked in america ,the prisons spend 40c a day feeding each prisoner
the only thing that kept them, alive was the fact that they were english ,who most american nutters see as friends of america
"youse guys and us guys we whupped hitlers ass" was one life saver for chris
people were murdered in prison over a pack of cigarettes
LLL

[rab1]

I`ve read that Pablo, I liked the fact that he said he deserved to be punished but not treated the way he was. When I was backpacking and went to Thailand the first thing you are handed just before landing is/was a card that states the penalties for drug possession: Death and as soon as you are in the Airport you walk under a huge sign stating the same in about 30 different languages.