Our discussion of "Into Thin Air" was extremely successful - we saw a 100% increase in attendance, and the conversation was insightful and exciting. Some of the main ideas we discussed were climbers' neglect of their families, lack of requirements/qualifications for climbing Everest, and the often deadly "summit fever" that consumes many climbers while in the mountains. Right now, we're planning on having our next meeting in 5 weeks, on Thursday, April 26, but we still need to choose a book. After some discussion at the end of yesterday's meeting, we agreed that an online poll would be the best way of determining what this next book will be. This poll can be found at the top of the blog's home page. Please select your top choice for a book, and we should know soon what the most popular option is.
After more than a month long break, I think it's time to bring the UVMLS back. Right now, I think a good next meeting date would be Thursday, February 28th. This gives us some time to pick and read our next book. Speaking of which, I have a few ideas for our next read. At the last meeting, we had mentioned maybe branching out and reading a book about long-distance sailing, which, while not "mountain literature," has many themes in common with other books we've read. I'd like to put this out for consideration, but I also think that A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush , by Eric Newby, could be a good pick that is still mountain-based. It's more of a travel book and less of a hardcore suffering epic. I've put a poll below. If a majority of people select "sailing book," I'll pick one and let the group know which book specifically we're going to read. What do you want to read for our next book? A sailing book (If this option wins, I...
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