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Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic
Natalie Warren
3.79 AVERAGE
53 reviews for:
Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic
Natalie Warren
3.79 AVERAGE
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At first I was disappointed that this was the story of two very young women--callow youths, really--because I was expecting 30- or 40-somethings, leaving their established lives behind for a bit to tackle this maybe midlife-crisis project to achieve a higher level of understanding about themselves or generate publicity for a cause. Nope--even though it required a ton of planning and fundraising, this expedition was essentially a lark. I found Natalie and Ann really annoying at first. Then their interactions became more interesting because of their youth and inexperience, although maybe not interesting in a very good way. Warren describes their plans for physical setbacks (e.g. what to do if a bear bites off someone's leg) but there is nothing in their planning about the settling of interpersonal conflicts. This is a thing more mature women would have planned for because it is so. fucking. predictable.
Warren continually harps on her perception that people don't take them seriously because they are women... but I think it is equally likely that people don't take them seriously because they are a pair of 22-year-olds doing something ambitious and dangerous. In fact, I would guess that men of that age are more likely to meet with disaster. I do, however, completely understand the pressure they are under to complete their expedition successfully--failure to do so would have absolutely been ascribed to their sex in people's minds.
It is interesting to read a book written by the more reckless member of a partnership; usually it is the careful, conservative individual that does the writing, inevitably complaining about how dangerous and reckless the partner is. Not that Warren's text made her more relatable to me, a consummate scaredy-cat. And not that both of these women are not batshit crazy for undertaking an expedition that even the most expert outdoorspeople would require a good deal of luck to complete.
Unsurprisingly, I suppose, Warren uses this book as a vehicle to muse on both the existential matters that plague us all at 22 as well as the social and environmental problems she encounters along the journey. The former seems tortured and kind of embarrassing, the latter seem shoehorned in without the benefit of deep detail.
The dog doesn't show up until 2/3 of the way through the book. Disappointing.
Warren continually harps on her perception that people don't take them seriously because they are women... but I think it is equally likely that people don't take them seriously because they are a pair of 22-year-olds doing something ambitious and dangerous. In fact, I would guess that men of that age are more likely to meet with disaster. I do, however, completely understand the pressure they are under to complete their expedition successfully--failure to do so would have absolutely been ascribed to their sex in people's minds.
It is interesting to read a book written by the more reckless member of a partnership; usually it is the careful, conservative individual that does the writing, inevitably complaining about how dangerous and reckless the partner is. Not that Warren's text made her more relatable to me, a consummate scaredy-cat. And not that both of these women are not batshit crazy for undertaking an expedition that even the most expert outdoorspeople would require a good deal of luck to complete.
Unsurprisingly, I suppose, Warren uses this book as a vehicle to muse on both the existential matters that plague us all at 22 as well as the social and environmental problems she encounters along the journey. The former seems tortured and kind of embarrassing, the latter seem shoehorned in without the benefit of deep detail.
The dog doesn't show up until 2/3 of the way through the book. Disappointing.
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Amazing adventure. More details than I need but interesting nonetheless.
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Loved this book! While it was maybe not the "deepest" memoir I've ever read, as some other reviewers have pointed out, but I was so engaged by the story and the determination of these two very young women! After reading I checked out their original blog and it was fun to see how those blog updates were turned into a more narrative story. I love travel and adventure stories by and about women, they always inspire me to get outside and challenge myself to try something new.
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Enjoyed this - it's not particularly complicated, but it's a very nice story of this trip - particularly because I am incapable of canoeing any direction other than backwards. No, you cannot teach me to do it correctly. I have tried. I have tried so many times. I cannot manage to learn to canoe forwards. So 2000 miles is very impressive. A+ Minnesota content.
(Also she went to St Olaf, crosstown rival of my alma mater Carleton College, and that delighted me.)
(Also she went to St Olaf, crosstown rival of my alma mater Carleton College, and that delighted me.)