Sunday, February 17, 2002

Down the Great Unknown by Edward Dolnick: Good discussions of Civil War background, logistics, personalities, landscape, white water technique, geology for the John Wesley Powell-led trip down the Colorado. The prose is over the top sometimes, and the metaphors more mixed than the contents of the expedition boats after running a rapid.But it was enough to renew my commitment to avoid white water at all costs. I still prefer Wallace Stegner's Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, even though it does not give nearly as much detail on the trip itself. Stegner's prose is leaner, tighter, more thought-provoking. 9:22:46 PM

One day, I'm going to figure out how to post pictures directly from Radio. It would be nice if the documentation for that was part of the main Radio help. In the meanwhile, here's a link to a backcountry ski trip album of the Donner Pass area on a beautiful Sunday a couple of weeks ago. 9:09:13 PM