Adventure Book Club

You asked for more accidental adventure books so here is one with a great reputation- named "The best survival book in a decade" by Outside magazine.

438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at SeaAuthor: Jonathan Franklin288 pagesAmazon rating: 4.6Goodreads rating: 4.3

Summary: On November 17, 2012, a pair of fishermen left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in the open Pacific. That night, a violent storm ambushed them as they were fishing eighty miles offshore. As gale force winds and ten-foot waves pummeled their small, open boat from all sides and nearly capsized them, captain Salvador Alvarenga and his crewmate cut away a two-mile-long fishing line and began a desperate dash through crashing waves as they sought the safety of port.

Fourteen months later, on January 30, 2014, Alvarenga, now a hairy, wild-bearded and half-mad castaway, washed ashore on a nearly deserted island on the far side of the Pacific. He could barely speak and was unable to walk. He claimed to have drifted from Mexico, a journey of some seven thousand miles.

438 Days is the first-ever account of one of the most amazing survival stories in modern times. Based on dozens of hours of exclusive interviews with Alvarenga, his colleagues, search-and-rescue officials, the remote islanders who found him, and the medical team that saved his life, 438 Days is an unforgettable study of the resilience, will, ingenuity and determination required for one man to survive more than a year lost and adrift at sea.

We will meet at 7pm on Thursday, November 5 at:

Mountain West Cider
425 N 400 W
Salt Lake City, UT 84103

There are parking lots to the immediate north and south of the building plus street parking.

I will be there early- I have short brown hair and glasses, and will be carrying a copy of the book.

This one has been on our to-read list for a while now. And it's about pirate ships, treasure hunting, and deep sea diving. Blimey!

Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Shop
Author: Robert Kurson
304 pages
Ratings: 4.0 Goodreads/4.4 Amazon

Summary: John Chatterton and John Mattera are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. At large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the seventeenth century, Bannister should have been immortalized in the lore of the sea—his exploits more notorious than Blackbeard’s, more daring than Kidd’s. But his story, and his ship, have been lost to time. If Chatterton and Mattera succeed, they will make history—it will be just the second time ever that a pirate ship has been discovered and positively identified.

We will meet at 7pm on Thursday, February 20 at: TBD

I will be there early- I have short brown hair and glasses, and will be carrying a copy of the book.