Pecked to Death by Ducks

by CAHILL, TIM

• ISBN13: 9780679749295
• ISBN10: 0679749292
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-02-01
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

In his latest tour of the earth's remote, exotic, and dismal places, the author of Road Fever and A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg sleeps with a grizzly bear, witnesses demonic possession in Bali, and survives a run-in with something called the Throne of Doom in Guatemala. Vivid and outrageously funny.

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

Introduction
The Unnatural World
Kuwait is Burning: A Postcard from the Apocalypse	p. 3
The Throne of Terror	p. 21
Bolts of Blue Lightning	p. 26
The Game of Living Things	p. 35
Marquesas Magic	p. 41
A Dismal Lack of Mutilations	p. 49
Cosmic Camping	p. 53
Tooth and Claw
Bear in Mind	p. 59
The Bird	p. 67
The Bison Ballet	p. 74
A Missive on Moose	p. 79
The Llama Dilemma	p. 83
Last Stand of the Mountain Gorilla	p. 89
The Clam Scam	p. 98
The Natural World
Lechuguilla	p. 123
The Big Open	p. 139
Look Natural	p. 146
Antarctic Passages	p. 151
The Moronic Sport, Revisited	p. 160
The Moody Waters of El Peten	p. 164
Baja by Kayak	p. 172
Other People's Lives
Speak Oz	p. 189
Sanghyang in Bali	p. 192
Taquile	p. 209
The Miner's Paradox	p. 224
Chiloe: An Island Out of Time	p. 230
Moonwalk Serenade [1978]	p. 242
Calving Season	p. 258
Tracking 'Em Down	p. 263
Missing	p. 271
Risk
On Risk	p. 279
Rope Tricks	p. 286
Paraglider	p. 297
Fly Away	p. 306
Is It Fun Yet?: A Saga of Sorority Women on Crampons	p. 311
This is a Cave, This is the End	p. 323
Charioteer	p. 337
Survival Skills	p. 343
The Tomfoolery Factor	p. 348
The Dangerous Sports Club	p. 352
The Howlings	p. 365
Guilty as Charged	p. 370
Author's Notes and Acknowledgments	p. 376
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