I just got around to reading Sheck Exley's classic "Caverns Measureless To Man".
I'll keep the review short because I didn't really think it was all that interesting which surprised me. I'm posting mainly because I'd be interested in hearing other's viewpoints who obviously have found this to be a very interesting book.
I guess the problem for me isn't Exley's abilities or accomplishments I just found the writing style to be boring. The very first part of the book was somewhat interesting but after that it was more like a long list of caves, depths, and penetrations.
I'm sure it was interesting in the doing for him but I didn't find it particularly interesting to read about.
The only thing I took away from it was that he was lucky to have survived long enough to become accomplished given his early dives.
It was interesting to read about the different caves that he explored and not just about Florida and Mexico but that was about it for me.
I'm not sure why this is considered a classic other than the fact that he wrote it. I found Cousteau's book "The Silent World" to be much more interesting.
For any of you who have have read this book and found it to be a classic rather than a boring read I'd like to hear your viewpoints.
I'll keep the review short because I didn't really think it was all that interesting which surprised me. I'm posting mainly because I'd be interested in hearing other's viewpoints who obviously have found this to be a very interesting book.
I guess the problem for me isn't Exley's abilities or accomplishments I just found the writing style to be boring. The very first part of the book was somewhat interesting but after that it was more like a long list of caves, depths, and penetrations.
I'm sure it was interesting in the doing for him but I didn't find it particularly interesting to read about.
The only thing I took away from it was that he was lucky to have survived long enough to become accomplished given his early dives.
It was interesting to read about the different caves that he explored and not just about Florida and Mexico but that was about it for me.
I'm not sure why this is considered a classic other than the fact that he wrote it. I found Cousteau's book "The Silent World" to be much more interesting.
For any of you who have have read this book and found it to be a classic rather than a boring read I'd like to hear your viewpoints.