Pass the Butterworms Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered

by CAHILL, TIM

• ISBN13: 9780375701115
• ISBN10: 0375701117
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-31
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

The Intrepid voyager and author of "A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg" presents another delightful collection of adventure-travel writings that are full of the irreverent wit and appreciation for the absurd that are uniquely--and hilariously--his.

Author Biography

Tim Cahill is the author of nine books, including A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, and Pass the Butterworms. He is an editor at large for Outside magazine, and his work appears in National Geographic Adventure, The New York Times Book Review, and other national publications. He lives in Montana.

Table of Contents

Thundermug: An Introduction of Sorts
Mongolia: Adventures in You-Cut Hairstyling	p. 3
"Help, My Pilot Just Had a Heart Attack and I Can't Fly a Plane"	p. 28
Buford's Revenge	p. 38
Glacier Bay	p. 41
A Darkness on the River	p. 47
Uncharitable Thoughts at the End of My Rope	p. 79
The Purple Sage, at 180 Miles an Hour	p. 85
North Pole: The Easy Way	p. 95
In Honduras	p. 118
He Who Laughs	p. 118
This Man Cannot Speak	p. 124
The Islands of Pigs	p. 129
Pirates	p. 133
The Lone Ranger	p. 140
The Ozymandias Express	p. 145
Misty Crossings	p. 149
Malaria	p. 164
On the River of Cold Fires	p. 175
In Chief Yali's Shoes	p. 182
Bonaire	p. 185
Geysers	p. 191
Family Values in the Raw	p. 195
Working the Crowd	p. 199
The Queen Charlotte Islands: Life and Death (hee-hee) Tales from the Place of Wonder	p. 202
The Tsunami Rangers	p. 218
Therapeutic Perambulation	p. 228
The Monks of Apnea	p. 233
Search and Rescue	p. 251
Among the Karowai: A Stone Age Idyll	p. 258
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