The BOOK Thread

[Butch]

There is a lot of sciency bits in Ghost Wave. Wave propagationis fascinating. Rouge waves are gnarly.
This is awesome in a geeky sort of way

Walter's Legacy — Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans

www.waltermunkfoundation.org

 

[CDONA]

Last book, Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks.
Andrea Lankford.
About rescue stories, from stupid thinking humans without awareness.
Long hours, low pay, little emotional support, hard core rescues, death.
Everything I didn't think about when I was "waffle stomping" Yosemite backcountry, solo.

Side note, way too many deaths this year in our National Parks, I haven't looked for a total, but that number isn't something they want to share. The heat has been a bigger factor, hard to work around.

Now, I'm back into Shogun, can't get enough, , ,

 

[kiwi_outdoors]

for park ranger stuff I recommend:

1) Book by Carl S. Chavez about his career with the Calif. State Parks - in particular, his first small book about his first assignment - wintering over in Bode with his new and pregnant wife. Carl went on to be Supt. of Parks.

A Year in Bodie: A Park Ranger's Diary​

2) Biography of John H. Riffey - the last true all-round ranger - who work and was buried at Tuweep (Troweap) North Rim Grand Canyon. Its an excellent read - I read most of it on site while waiting for a flatbed tow out after our Jeep broke a tranny fluid line.

John H. Riffey The Last Old-Time Ranger​

 

[Butch]

Just started “Ghost Wave”… Cortes Banks.
This is cool

and this Dana Brown film fits with it. Wow on the visuals.