- Taschenbuch: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: Vintage (1. September 1992)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0679740104
- ISBN-13: 978-0679740100
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,4 x 13,3 x 1,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.2 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (11 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 611.916 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Some women seek adventure to test their mettle, suck down jolts of adrenaline, and prove they haven't grown old and indolent. In Shooting the Boh, journalist Tracy Johnston identifies other motivations for joining a group scheduled to raft down a previously uncharted section of the Boh river in Borneo. "I am by nature a passive person who likes excitement; a person with no magnificent obsessions who loves to participate in them," she says. And, too, if she agreed to write an article about it, the trip was free.
So began an arduous, ill-conceived journey that started with her losing a duffle bag of top-notch river gear and swiftly ran up against treacherous rapids, foot rot, hot flashes, Tarzan-like leeches, clouds of sweat bees, and other nerve-racking flora and fauna. While traversing a section of steamy rain forest, Johnston says, "a quarter of the things I touched had thorns or sharp spines and the rest were covered with ants." She replays the highs and lows of the trip in Technicolor, summing up her fellow travelers and their wild ride in fluid, punchy prose. --Francesca Coltrera
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A thrilling, touching, and densely instructive book, Shooting the Boh is also a frank self-portrait of a woman facing her most corrosive fears--and triumphing over them--with fortitude and unflagging wit. "A captivating and truly offbeat rite of passage."--Eric Hansen.
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Anyone looking for "The Perfect Storm" or a rollicking whitewater adventure will be disappointed by this very honest account of a woman on a rafting trip. The trip itself is almost a complete disaster, but the compelling story is how a normally strong, self-sufficient woman suddenly finds herself coping with her changing role in the group dynamic, and the very important factors of physical beauty. Anyone who has been on a group adventure tour will recognize the diversity of personalities and realize that getting down the rapids is only half of the challenge!
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I had intended to read a chapter or two of this book and ended up reading it in one sitting. It really was an interesting trip, and the descriptions of life in the rain forest are just amazing. The author slips in a fair amount of history of the earlier explorers and travel writers in the area but mostly manages to interleave things enough to keep the pace up.
I almost didn't buy the book after reading some of the earlier reviews so I think I'd better address some of their points. There are maybe two pages about the hot flashes (out of 256) and a few mentions -- basically along the line of mentioning her spider bites, bee bites, foot rot, hot flashes, bad back, etc. It's really no big deal, and this is coming from a 30 year old "basic guy".
I do think a responsible tour company would have stopped her from going on the trip after the airline lost her luggage instead of assuming she could borrow everything, but then again I think a responsible tour company would have brought a radio (duh) and had some plans as to what would have happened if, say, somebody had broken a leg. This trip could have turned into a real disaster. And while the author was often wasting resources, so was the whole group. They really didn't realize what a mess they were in until they were in deep over their heads.
The whole interaction between the tour company (operating without a clue) the guides (competent but following the company line because they need the money) and the tourists (didn't ask the right questions before leaving or during the trip) is pretty fascinating. It's a real argument for independent travel. . . but not to the rain forest!
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I love adventure travel, but not with the level of danger and discomfort experienced by Johnston & her cohorts on this exploratory journey. I loved the perspective offered by Johnston, and the trip was made much more vivid for me because of the personal focus of her account, including her terrific riff on menopause. After experiencing her astute insights and wonderful sense of ironic humor, I felt as close to having been there as I'd have wanted to be. Glad she took the trip for me!
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River Wild
I really enjoyed this book! I think it was well written and the story was very compelling. I feel as if I got just about as close as I care to get to the real thing. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. April 2000 veröffentlicht
Shooting the Boh : A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River
An "explorer" does not an author make, and this is certainly the case here. I was very disappointed in this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. März 2000 von Hollieb
Funny, Harrowing, Moving
This is the perfect airplane book, a comedy of misadventure that turns into an astonishing tale of gritty adventure with a parable about self-reliance folded in. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. März 2000 von Jon Carroll
Entertaining, but not earth-shattering
Her account of a wild trip down a river in Borneo was entertaining, and a light, pleasant read, but I found much to be annoyed by. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Februar 2000 von My Pen Name
A Woman's Adventure Story
Had this book been written years ago, it would have been authored by a man! But now, here's a seemingly "normal" almost menopausal woman, who shares so many of our... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
An eye-opening rafting experience!
Our book club selected and read this book. It received rave reviews from everyone. Most of us agreed that the bees would have been the end of us! Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. August 1998 veröffentlicht
I felt like I had really been there on the river.
I enjoyed this book because it gave me the feeling of having actually gone down the river with the author. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
Wild river, wilder ride
I thoroughly enjoyed this fast paced travel of a wild river coupled to a trip of self-discovery by the author. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
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