If you鈥檙e familiar with the Barkley Marathons at all (perhaps via one of the ), you might remember this entertaining fact: instead of human-staffed checkpoints around the course or chip timing, runners have to tear a page out of a book to prove they鈥檝e passed a certain spot. The titles of the books, chosen by charmingly sadistic Barkley founder Lazarus Lake, are humorously appropriate (or聽maybe inappropriate, depending on your sense of humor and masochism): What Did I Do Wrong?,听Doomed, You Can if You Think You Can, Damned, Where Do We Go from Here?, The Idiot, How to Survive and Grow Richer in the Tough Times Ahead, Undead and Unfinished, The Body in the Woods, et cetera.聽
In the spirit of that idea, here are a handful of adventure books whose slightly altered titles might capture some of your feelings of these past few weeks. (A link to the real book is below each image, in case you鈥檙e curious.)
, by Daniel Duane
, by Alfred Lansing
,听by Lionel Terray
,听by Alastair Humphreys
,听by Piers Paul Read
,听by Aron Ralston
,听by Fergus White
,听by Steven Callahan
,听by Alastair Humphreys