Akshay Nanavati is a mountaineer and what I would consider extreme sport enthusiast. He goes all over the world looking for challenges. The little mountains I climb are mole hills to him. Still, you …
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Bookish Weapon Number Fifty-Three
Author Akshay Nanavati has written a bookish weapon without him even realizing it. That’s ok. What a bookish weapon it is! In his introduction this former Marine sets the tone for the book. He says, …
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Go Hiking In Shorts, No Shirt When It Is Freezing
No, I won’t do it. Wim Hof’s book is a great one and will inspire you to do what he says to a point. However, when he talks about climbing mountains wearing no pants or shirt I have little or no …
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Go Hiking and Get Your Life Back
So you ask me, “How does that work?" Well, if you have been reading these odes to the mountains you will understand that is the easiest task. All it takes is a few hikes and your life changes. How …

Go Hiking and Do Some Rethinking
Hiking is a time when you can think about all sorts of things you have been putting off. Be honest. It is hard to find the time to just think. So when you go into the mountains make sure you bring …
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Bookish Weapon Number Fifty-Two
“The Wim Hof Method,” by Wim Hof will cool your heals! It is a nuclear Bookish Weapon for sure. If you decide to read the book you need to consider it as an experiment. That means you need to practice …

Bookish Weapon Number Fifty
There are lots of books that urge you to put the phone down and get off of social media. Eldridge does that in this book, but it is much more than that. Eldredge writes for Christians or those that …

Bookish Weapon Number Forty-Nine
Rethinking Positive Thinking Have you ever had to rethink anything? What about something like gravity? Something that you just don’t think requires any rethinking. This book is like that. Who could …