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Here are two book recommendations related to the outdoors and mountaineering. "Accidents in North American Climbing" is an annual publication from the American Alpine Club, with frank and interesting accounts of problems encountered during the report year. I discovered the Accidents annual publication when I worked at XOR Network Engineering in Boulder Colorado many years ago. Someone always kept the latest copy in the bathroom. "Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance" by Peter Stark is a…

bEnjoying this week: January 2000 interview with Douglas Adams discussing Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and a little bit of everything else. The interview is an episode of BBC's Radio 4 Bookclub, and features a Q&A session with a group of (lucky) readers. Search for "douglas adams bbc radio" on your podcast app of choice. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0075r2v