Best Books

[lantern rouge]

Maybe it is over written and romanticised... maybe overly concerned with one man's pursuit of the Bob Graham Round... maybe a lot of things, but I found it a bloody good read and for the third time of reading, it is still good.

Got me into this game of fell running any how... and is that a good thing or not?

And now for something completely different:

A Quiet Vendetta by R.J. Ellory... gritty but captivating thriller kinda thing.

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Penman... Medieval historical novel about Richard of York... not everyone's taste but good.

[trilathon]

a couple that have n't been mentined that I've just got

Endurance, Lansing,Alfred. 1999 - Shackleton's 1914/5 epic of survival, very humbling and inspiring interms of what the human spirit can support. Really enjoyed it

I may be some time, Spufford, Francis.1996. Hugely intelligent autopsy on the 19century / 20 century view of wild places and from whence came the desire to venture into them and how they are ingrained in our collective perception.

[trilathon]

also jus reading

The Flying Scotsman. Obree, Graham

Tour de France. Fife, Graham.

[trilathon]

Thanks to others for listing their tips....was jus going to ask this question, at some point, so cheers

[Anorak]

Krakaurs's 'Into thin air' is an excellent read - I was up at Scott Fischer and Rob Hall's memorials last summer. At Fischers, there are hundreds of other memorials to Everest's lost climbers high up on the hill above Labouche - a simply amazing sight.
When we got back to Kathmandu we dined out in the best climbers restaurant in the world - the appropriately named 'Rum Doodle', where you could buy copies of the book !

[Spelling Bee]

also jus reading

was jus going to ask this question, at some point, so cheers

Is there a problem with the "t" on your keyboard?

[sjedwardz]

Is there a problem with the "t" on your keyboard?

can't be a yorkshire man then

[FellJunior]

Here is a link to my bibliography of fell running books.

I am trying to build up a list of such fell running books on my junior fell running website, but I need the ASIN numbers for the facility to work. If anyone has a book not yet listed, please could you PM me with the ASIN code, assuming it has one.

Once the book is included on the list, a price is displayed when it becomes available on Amazon, which hopefully makes the obscure limited print run books a tiny tiny bit easier to find.

Thanks in advance.

Just noticed "50 Years of Mountain Trial" is available.

[sol]

Dont know if this book has been mentioned.
'More Fire' How to run the Kenyan way. By Toby Tanser.

Its abit of a painful read but its worth a look, quite interesting it shows the training techniques,diet, etc. of the top Kenyan runners past and present. Training 3 times a day 6 days a week..

[abd]

[QUOTE=trilathon;236496]also jus reading

The Flying Scotsman. Obree, Graham

Agreed, The Obree book is brilliant, but tragic (in the sense that it is tragic that such a brilliant athlete should have such have such self-loathing and so little self-esteem) - it compelled me to write to him in support. Funnily enough mentioned this book to some respiratory sports scientist specialists today as on one (unsuccessful) suicide attempt his massive lung capacity saved him from both death and severe brain damage!