Lists of Bests: Outside Magazine's "<strike>25</strike> 26 Essential Books for the Well-Read Explorer" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4680 Outside Magazine for January 2003 provided the following list noting that it "is devoted to books that offer the truest inspiration, the deepest reflection, the strongest provocation. These are books that seize imaginations and rattle sedentary lives." Note: There was a tie for #23 between Alive and The Perfect Storm Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:09:29 GMT en-us 0 50 26 0 0 Wind, Sand and Stars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4032 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027496.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antoine de Saint-Exupery</div> The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913 (Explorers Club Classic) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/724296 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/724296"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1592282121.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Apsley Cherry-Garrard</div> West with the Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26583 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26583"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0865471185.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056501824_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beryl Markham</div> The Snow Leopard http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105549 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Matthiessen</div> Desert Solitaire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972252 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972252"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671695886.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Abbey</div> Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10927 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10927"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393319946.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Arthur Worsley</div> Sailing Alone Around The World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/994202 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/994202"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1419145800.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshua Slocum</div> Into the Wild http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10301 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10301"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385486804.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056439259_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Krakauer</div> Coming into the Country http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88730 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88730"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374522871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John McPhee</div> Arabian Sands: Revised Edition (Travel Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/932183 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/932183"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140095144.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wilfred Thesiger</div> Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1095 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1095"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060730552.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Simpson</div> The Mountains of My Life (Modern Library Exploration) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105558 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105558"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/037575640X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113628558_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Bonatti</div> In Patagonia (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59521 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59521"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437190.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bruce Chatwin</div> Arctic Dreams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9303 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9303"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375727485.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barry Lopez</div> A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/368782 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/368782"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0864426046.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132955997_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Newby</div> Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105578 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robyn Davidson</div> The Long Way http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105579 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105579"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0924486848.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernard Moitessier</div> Running the Amazon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/971956 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/971956"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/067972902X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128733143_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Kane</div> Young Men and Fire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5007 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5007"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226500624.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Maclean</div> Great Plains http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81939 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81939"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312278500.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Frazier</div> Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/806398 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/806398"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671726528.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65552801_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thor Heyerdahl</div> My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105597 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105597"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060596554.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129144122_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexandra David-Neel</div> The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1546 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1546"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060977477.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414596_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sebastian Junger</div> Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Avon Nonfiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9494 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9494"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/038000321X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057190322_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Piers Paul Read</div> A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22611 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22611"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767902521.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> Old Glory : A Voyage Down the Mississippi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9013 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9013"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Raban</div>