True Adventure


Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into the Wild
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Kon-Tiki
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Shadow Divers
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Walking Wild by Jose A NevesAlive by Piers Paul ReadOur Southern Highlanders by Horace KephartStrangers In The Storm by Jared RundDeath & Survival in Glacier National Park by C.W. Guthrie
True Adventure Outdoor
211 books — 33 voters
Desert Soliloquy Second Edition by David RiceBo & Mzzz Mad by Sid FleischmanDesert Soliloquy by David    Rice
Favorite Mojave Desert Stories
3 books — 3 voters

Walking Wild by Jose A NevesDeath in Yellowstone by Lee H. WhittleseyAlone in Wonderland by Christine   ReedLeave Only Footprints by Conor KnightonThe Last Season by Eric Blehm
National Park Non-Fiction Books
122 books — 42 voters

Samuel Butler
Exploring is delightful to look forward to and back upon, but it is not comfortable at the time, unless it be of such an easy nature as not to deserve the name.
Samuel Butler, Erewhon

We all look back at some time or other and wonder why we didn't listen to our instincts. Why did we hestiate? Why did we lose our dreams? ...more
Diane Griffith, Chasing Dreams in Lefkas

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