On the road
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Robert,
Have you been to the Black Hills of South Dakota, in particular, our wonderful caves such as Jewel Cave and Wind Cave National Parks? There is more here than just Sturgis, Mount Rushmore National Monument, Custer Sate Park, bison herds and the Badlands. The Spelunking is just fine.
I have been to both Jewel and Wind, but only as a more knowledgeable tourist. Did an off trail tour in Wind about fifteen years ago. I also have friends who have participated in survey/exploration expeditions in both caves.
An aside: Cavers do not use the terms spelunking or spelunker. In fact, to use these terms indicates a lack of knowledge about the sport and would immediately reveal that fact to any caver you talk to. In the caving world, a spelunker is someone who doesn’t know what they are doing and is going to get in trouble underground. Or as I like to say, a spelunker is someone a caver rescues.
I should have figured you’d probably seen them as you are such an avid caver. I am not a caver, but I have visited most of the caves in our area on tours. I loved seeing them and in realizing there is so much is still unexplored. Thanks for the heads-up on the term spelunking.