For my final paper, I am thinking about writing how various ancient societies viewed the mountains. We have discussed it a bit in class, and I would like to explore it further. I want to know different philosophies, religions practices, as well as each cultures reason for bedding near the mountains. I will to try to…
Reading Response, Week 8
Seven Years in Tibet
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Reading Response
Anapurna
by Colton •
Social Climbing on Annapurna did a great job of ruining Herzog’s book. I read the book thinking that Herzog was a great man; humble, brave, and a great leader. Since reading Julia Rak’s argument I am conflicted. It is hard to deny Rak’s arguments against Herzog and the elitist culture surrounding mountaineering. I had many…
Reading Response
The White Spider
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The article from Barcott and The White Spider could not have given more opposing views on mountaineering. Barcott claims that climbers are motivated by aspirations for authorship yet, The White Spider does not seem be a tale of the heroism of Harrer. Instead, it was history of the North Face of the Eiger, as well…
Links, News
the 1957 rescue
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Uncategorized, Week 5
Gender in Mountaineering
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Gender in society is a difficult topic for me to express. Since I am a man and don’t have 100% liberal/progressive opinions, my opinion is moot, and counted as chauvinist, bias, and counter-productive to some. That being said, I do believe that given the right circumstances and attitudes, women can compete with men, and in…
Reading Response, Week 4
Fallen Giants
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Reading Fallen Giants resulted in many late nights reading long dense material. The book was sporadically interesting. The book was a sea of uninteresting passages, but peppered with useful knowledge. I would not categorize this book as a “page-turner”, at least not until chapter three; the story of “Mallory of Everest”. Mallory, as a person,…
Reading Response, Week 3
Mountain of the Mind
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Mountains of the Mind made for a great start to this course. It is a wealth of knowledge in all things surrounding mountaineering. It also contains a great many introductions to other mountaineering stories in which one can start their own research. The book meshes history, philosophy, and science in a way that…
Reading Response, Week 2
Mount Analogue
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I had started reading Mount Analogue with the assumption that this was a book of non-fiction. I read the first couple chapters with apprehension. The whole premise of the journey seemed suspicious. I did not quite understand the science behind the theory of Mount Analogue either, but I just went with it. I suspected the…
Introduction
Introduction
by Colton •
Hello All, my name is Colton James, from Anaconda Montana. I am a Junior pursuing a Secondary Education/Social Studies Degree. I served 4 years in the Marine Corps with a combat deployment to Afghanistan in 2011. Being from Montana, I developed an infatuation and respect for the security, beauty, hardiness of the Mountain life. While living in…