Chasing the Thrill
An ongoing goal of the Luddite Odyssey Project is to read more. Casey Johnston’s latest post included a few pointers, most I’d already worked into daily life. Reading material is scattered around the house—magazines and small books in the living room, a few books next to bed, and a book in my work satchel.
Magazines on the coffee table have helped. It becomes an easy choice to pick one up, read an article, while drinking coffee after work, reinforcing the habit of reading. It makes it just a little easier to pick up a book.
And that’s resulted in me finally finishing Dan Barbarisi’s Chasing the Thrill. Think I only started it two, maybe three, years ago. It wasn’t a story I was 100% in to, but it was interesting. I’d heard about Forest Fenn’s treasure from an Outside article, and listened to Peter Frick-Wright’s Missed Fortune.
As a person who routinely gets out into the wilderness, it was interesting reading about the adventures of people who don’t. Searchers venturing out without maps, proper gear, or even an understanding that Nature can kill—I found myself shaking my head often. Much of the book is the opposite of competence porn, people obsessed with an outcome and sure of their solutions.
But this isn’t a book report, just documenting a book read.
Books still being read:
Yeah, that’s a hefty list. Gonna have to add a little fiction.
