Hannah Slattery Annotated Bibliography

"Wilderness First Responder." SOLO Wilderness Medicine - The Leader in Wilderness Medicine Training in the United States. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2014. <http://www.soloschools.com/index.cfm?event=course.wfr>. The Wilderness First Responder course is the recognized industry standard for those who work as backcountry trip leaders, camp counselors, mountain guides, river guides, and ski patrollers. I took this course over the summer during August and learned a lot of basic back-country medical skills. It has given me the confidence to lead a trip, especially OB, and feel as though I can be a valuable leader for that group. The course was extensive and I spent a lot of time in the classroom. When we werent in the classroom taking notes and learning the book material, we were practicing what we had learned in scenarios. I had many fake injuries including broken legs and arms, heat-exhaustion, head trauma, hypothermia, and even altitude sickness. We learned how to treat it all. The practical side of this course is vital to the success of the students. It is not only important to know the material, but to know how to use it. Adventure Cycle. Adventure Cycling Association, n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. <http://www.adventurecycling.org/resources/how-to-department/>. This source provides bikers of any experience level with reliable and easily accessible information on bike touring. The blog section of this site is helpful because the articles cover everything from How to Keep your Bike Touring Photos Organized, to making, Two Minute Noodles. "Crossing America West to East." Crazy Guy on a Bike. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2014. This website is a collection of blogs and journal posts all related to bike touring! This is a stellar resource because it provides information on bike touring in a nitty-gritty style. Many of these blogs talk about the kind of stuff you cant find in cycling magazines or biking books. They talk about anything from how to ride on the cheap to adjusting brake pads for optimum safety riding. The blogs are written by real everyday people that are planning adventures. This site will help me to easily find many people who have had extreme nomadic adventures without having to go far. One blog I found especially helpful was a man who traveled across the United States from Seaside, Oregon, to Bar Harbor, Maine. Against Simplicity: A Few Words for Complexity, Sloppiness, and Joy David Gessner The Georgia Review Vol. 63, No. 1 (SPRING 2009), pp. 42-51 Published by: Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia by and on Behalf of the University of Georgia and the Georgia Review

Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41403480 This source is a counter-argument. It explores why true simplicity is almost impossible to find and is completely relative to every individual. This source proposes that it is human nature to crave complexity because our minds like to wander. Our minds are most stimulated when they are performing many tasks at the same time. The author, David Gessner, claims that he strives to be content with the life he leads, in a web of family, friends, and colleagues. The biggest flaw I found in this source was the Gessners overly opinionated attitude towards Thoreau. At times the author aggressively attacked Thoreaus character, unrelated to the content of the piece. Here is an example, Gessner says: Pardon me if I dont take as my role model a teetotaling, spartan, socially awkward virgin. Statements of this nature led me to question the legitimacy of this article. Corrigan, Maureen. "Don't Know What To Do With Your Life? Neither Did Thoreau." NPR. National Public Radio, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. This source is a book review, so naturally it is multiple times removed from the original source, in this case, Thoreaus life and work. For being so far removed, the amount of factual content was impressive. It was a helpful synopsis of major events in Thoreaus life, although that was clearly not the intent of this piece. As a book review, it was concise and emphasized how Thoreaus thoughtful portrayal in this novel. The author of this review, also a teacher, confesses she did not read this book because of a burning interest in Thoreau, but because of an interest Sims. That being said, she ultimately makes a strong connection between some of Thoreaus thoughts and the thoughts of her students. She recognizes how directionless Thoreau was throughout much of his life, and how many of her students possess that same confusion. If Thoreau had never accepted his state of confusion and been bold enough to transgress from a traditional lifestyle, it is very likely that the entire field of environmental studies would have suffered from it. Thoreau was a pioneer, and it is refreshing to see that expressed in this source. "American Nomads." YouTube. British Broadcasting Corporation, 21 Jan. 2012. Web. 09 Apr. 2014. Although this source strays a bit from main focuses of backpacking and bike touring, it is helpful in providing an alternative perspective on nomadism. The narrator in the documentary is likeable, well-spoken, and helps the film to progress in a discursive nature. It was especially illuminating when the narrator performed informal interviews, whether it were a conversation in the car with a hitchhiker or taking a young freight-hopping hobo out for breakfast. These interviews were natural, relevant, and insightful. Each person had different reasons for becoming nomadic/ambulatory. There was no common denominator except the lack of a common denominator. That was an important discovery. Some had chosen to move about or rodeo or live in a bus. For others they had been forced into their lifestyles. Some even called it a calling (the travelling tent-preacher) praise the lord.

"List of 10 Greatest Mountaineers in the World." Slideshare. Nepal Vision Treks and Expedition, 03 June 13. Web. 11 Apr. 2014. This source offers information on some of the greatest mountaineers of all time. Each of these progressive figures revolutionized mountaineering in their own way. They are a testament to extreme nomadism and represent a small group of tough people. Their lifestyles, day-in and day-out, have more physical struggle than most people ever even imagine. Sir Edmund Hillary holds a special place in climbing history having been the first person to summit Mount Everest. He was the first person to reach the highest point on Earth. He earned a spot in Time magazines 100 most influential people of the 20th century.