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Books recommended by guests

In Patagonia, by Bruce Chatwin
Paddle to the Amazon, by Don Starkell
How Bad Do You Want It?, by Matt Fitzgerald
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig
Running the Amazon, by Joe Kane
The Champions Mind, by Jim Afremow
The River of Doubt, by Candice Millard
The Long Walk, by Slavomir Rawicz
Endure, by Cameron Hanes
Survival of the Fittest, by Mike Stroud
The Worst Journey in the World, by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
On the Edge of Nowhere, by James Huntington
Life Lived Wild, by Rick Ridgeway
The Emerald Mile, by Kevin Fedarko
The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown
Songs of a Sourdough, by Robert W. Service
No Shortcuts to the Top, by Ed Viesturs
Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
Endure, by Alex Hutchinson
Some Stories, by Yvon Chouinard
On the Road, by Jack Kerouac
Racing to the Yukon, by Rod Price
Mississippi Solo, by Eddy Harris
Dare to Do, by Sarah Outen
Let My People Go Surfing, by Yvon Chouinard
North, by Scott Jurek
Upside Down in the Yukon River, by Steve Cannon
Future Shock, by Alvin Toffler
Great Heart, by James West Davidson & John Rugge
Good for a Girl, by Lauren Fleshman
Kings of the Yukon, by Adam Weymouth
Intro to Ultra Distance Paddle Racing, by Carter Johnson
Frozen in Time, by Owen Beattie & John Geiger
Shadows on the Koyukuk, by Sidney Huntington
Chasing History on the Mississippi River, by Rod Price
Make Your Bed, by Admiral William H. McRaven
Bush Runner, by Mark Bourrie
A Pearl in the Storm, by Tori Murden McClure
Kayaking the Aleutians, Sarah Outen & Justine Curgenven
Have paddle will travel, by Rod Price
Savage Arena, by Joe Tasker
La Loire vue due fleuve, by Jean-Francois Souchard
Two Against the North, by Farley Mowat
Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
Into the Thaw, by Jon Waterman
Missouri River 340 First Time Finisher
Alone, by Gerard d'Aboville
The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Huff
Southern Exposure, by Chris Duff
The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg
Racing Around Florida, by Rod Price
Let's SUP, by Janneke Smits and Marleen Backx
In the Spell of the Barkley, by Michiel Payhuysien
Endurance, by Alfred Lansing
No Barriers, by Erik Weihenmayer
Kingdom of Ice, by Hampton Sides
Eat & Run, by Scott Jurek
A Winter's Paddle, by Tara Mulvaney
Ultramarathon Man, by Dean Karnazes
Vanished Beyond the Map, by Adam Shoalts
Amazon Woman, by Darcy Gaechter
The Kid Who Climbed Everest, by Bear Grylls
Honest Dogs, by Brian Patrick O'Donoghue
River of Darkness, by Buddy Levy
Brothers on the Bashkaus, by Eugene Buchanan
Touching the Void, by Joe Simpson
Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall
Inner Excellence, by Jim Murphy
Canoeing the Congo, by Phil Harwood
The Lost City of Z, by David Grann
Where the Falcon Flies, by Adam Shoalts
Arctic Crossing, by Jonathan Waterman
Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
Beyond the Trees, by Adam Shoalts