Pecked to Death by Ducks

Brilliant. CaHill's images and scenes move from touching and emotional to knee slapping goofy in the distance of just few words. CaHill, Like Bryson, Delves deep into the subject matter and brings forward rich gobbs of history and fact all deliciously wrapped in wicked storytelling.

I was first charmed by Tim Cahill's writing in "Jaguars Ripped my Flesh," and a "Wolverine is Eating My Leg." Reading Cahill introduced me to this whole genre of travel/"oops" writing and, although I have read others, I still enjoy Cahill the most. Check out "Outside" magazine (available online and in paper) for a periodic Cahill fix. In the meantime, if you haven't caught up on his earlier works, read them!And, think of the places we can go if we take care of our world.

Really, it makes one wonder where Tim finds time and equipment to do all this stuff. However, he certainly does it, and _Pecked_ does not disappoint. Always willing to embarrass himself and always seeing whatever humour can be found in a situation, he's effective when he's serious as well. The part on the British fellows and their stunts around the world nearly caused me abdominal injury due to laughter.I only have one criticism to level at Tim: he has not written enough books, nor have they been long enough. Hopefully he will remedy that by being more prolific.

As an avid travel adventure reader and a some time travel adventurer, I've read many of the travel adventure writers. PECKED is Cahill's best. His essay on caving is one of the funniest he's ever written. While another collection JAGUARS RIPPED MY FLESH was intermittently funny, PECKED TO DEATH's essays are full of his wry humor in locales that many of us will never have the opportunity to visit.

Cahill may not be a world-class mountaineer or climber - he's simply someone out there doing things, having fun, and writing hilarious accounts of his adventures and antics!From caving and climbing to paddling and interesting encounters with bears - Cahill had me in stitches throughout most of the book! A "definitely must read" for anyone vaguely interested in the outdoors!