Originally Posted by purplebike
I couldn't finish Under the Banner of Heaven...it was too creepy/f-ed up.
Ditto. It kind of drags on and on.
If you liked
Into Thin Air, check out Krakauer's
Into the Wild. It's about a totally unprepared college student who just wandered off into the wilds of Alaska. It's a pretty insane story.
If you're into mountaineering literature, check out
On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined by David Roberts.