At 11:26 AM 11/12/99 -0500, Steve Cramer wrote: >> >>Although it's not paddling related, "A Walk In The Woods" by Bill >> >>Bryson is a highly entertaining read. It chronicles a thru-hike on >> >>the Appalachian trail. > >Second the highly entertaining read part. It's got several laugh out >loud passages. I was going to comment on the "thru-hike" phrase, but >I'll refrain so as not to ruin the suspense. I didn't elaborate for the same reason. >> >With all the good books available about hiking the AT, I don't understand >> >why so many people think that this piece of junk is such a good book. It's >> >mostly full of incompetence and insensitivity, and that's how that guy >> >writes. > >As a hiker, Bryson is a total incompetent, exceeded in his incompetence >only by his companion. If he weren't, the book would be much less >entertaining. As a writer, he's not incompetent at all. > >Who was he insensitive to? Remember the woman they shared camp with for a few days? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Nov 12 1999 - 12:01:28 PST
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