The hiking book from hell
"Jim Gaffigan meets Cheryl Strayed in this blisteringly funny memoir about the call of the wild, from one of Scandinavia's biggest comedians. Sometime around his forties, Are Kalvø starts losing his friends ... to the mountains. Friends who used to meet him at the pub are now hiking and skiing every...
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| Language: | English Norwegian |
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Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London :
Greystone Books,
2022.
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Table of Contents:
- That's not it
- Things I don't understand
- Indoor mountains and popcorn on the campfire
- 1st attempt: to Jotunheimen in search of salvation
- Last night of freedom
- From the city to the forest, hour by hour
- Farewell to logistics
- Communal supper in underwear
- To the top
- Communal achievement in underwear
- Listen to the inexperienced mountain folk, part 1
- Sings you ought to find in the mountains
- Evaluation of food and drink for use on hikes
- The return of "The Happy Wanderer"
- Listen to inexperienced mountain folk, part 2
- Into the light
- So how did you feel about it?
- 1st attempt: to Jotunheimen in search of salvation, evaluation
- I explore myself and my city
- 2nd attempt: to the Hardanger Plateau in search of people
- Jam-packed and deadly dangerous
- The art of losing a Japanese tourist
- Where old food goes to die
- Liquor and cigarillos
- IMaginary wilderness
- Man or mouse?
- Glossary
- Listen to inexperienced mountain folk, part 3
- White people talking about blisters
- Sources, digressions, and extra information for nerds.
