This is a really good book.
6 guys go on a canoeing trip into the Canadian wilderness. They're not exactly friends at the beginning, just a group of people on a trip together.
Shit happens. One guy, the trip leader, dies from exposure to the elements. (His canoe capsized and he spent too much time in the freezing river water). The rest make it back to civilisation.
On the scale of difficulty for explorations, there's probably been tougher expeditions. You can even say they underestimated nature and screwed up in their planning for the trip. But that would be missing the point.
This memoir feels really personal. Sometimes, people say they have a spiritual journey and I roll my eyes. For this memoir, I can almost feel the author's spiritual journey, and that of his companions. It's not a feel-good story. It's not written by the author to justify himself. It's also not a survival book that documents how the author had the grit to survive. In fact, it's the opposite. It examines the feebleness of life and shines a light into hidden corners of life that we don't even consider when we live in material comfort.
In this age when we give likes to others for just eating at a nice restaurant, or a well-taken photo of a shoe, this book goes back to the basics of life and death.
It's the kind of masterpiece that an author can only put together once in his lifetime.
Why do people believe in God? There isn't a simple answer but this book shows and hints at some answers. It's not easy trying to convey what cannot be understood in its abstract, but the author tries his best.
6 guys go on a canoeing trip into the Canadian wilderness. They're not exactly friends at the beginning, just a group of people on a trip together.
Shit happens. One guy, the trip leader, dies from exposure to the elements. (His canoe capsized and he spent too much time in the freezing river water). The rest make it back to civilisation.
On the scale of difficulty for explorations, there's probably been tougher expeditions. You can even say they underestimated nature and screwed up in their planning for the trip. But that would be missing the point.
This memoir feels really personal. Sometimes, people say they have a spiritual journey and I roll my eyes. For this memoir, I can almost feel the author's spiritual journey, and that of his companions. It's not a feel-good story. It's not written by the author to justify himself. It's also not a survival book that documents how the author had the grit to survive. In fact, it's the opposite. It examines the feebleness of life and shines a light into hidden corners of life that we don't even consider when we live in material comfort.
In this age when we give likes to others for just eating at a nice restaurant, or a well-taken photo of a shoe, this book goes back to the basics of life and death.
It's the kind of masterpiece that an author can only put together once in his lifetime.
Why do people believe in God? There isn't a simple answer but this book shows and hints at some answers. It's not easy trying to convey what cannot be understood in its abstract, but the author tries his best.
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the simple answer is that the author is trying to make money hahaha
Haha you should read eh, it's good
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