When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Lytton Strachey (2.13)
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (2.13)
- William Shakespeare, King Lear (2.13)
- Jan Morris (2.23)
- Al Alvarez (6.2)
- Jane Austen (8.61)
- Joan Didion, The White Album (9.2)
- Carl Hiaasen (11.12)
- Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim (15.2)
- Harold Brodkey, Manipulation (16.2)
- William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming" (19.2)
Historical References
- Eric Shipton (1.3; referenced throughout)
- Thomas F. Hornbein (2.3; referenced throughout)
- Sir Andrew Waugh (2.4)
- Radhanath Sikhdar (2.4)
- Sir George Everest (2.6)
- Robert Peary (2.7)
- Roald Amundsen (2.7)
- Günter Dyhrenfurth (2.7)
- Edward Felix Norton (2.11)
- George Leigh Mallory (2.12)
- Andrew Irvine (2.12)
- Edmund Hillary (2.16; referenced throughout)
- Tenzing Norgay (2.16; referenced throughout)
- Queen Elizabeth (2.23)
- Willi Unsoeld (2.27)
- John Glenn (2.30)
- John Menlove Edwards (3.2)
- Reinhold Messner (3.9; referenced throughout)
- Peter Habelet (3.9)
- Kitty Calhoun (3.9)
- John Rosekelley (3.9)
- Jeff Lowe (3.9)
- Maurice Wilson (7.11)
- Pete Schoening (7.18)
- Nelson Mandela (7.30)
- Robert Falcon Scott (17.3)
- Sir Francis Younghusband (18.1)
- Walt Unsworth (20.2)
- Apsley Cherry-Garrard (21.2)
Pop Culture References
- Sandy Koufax (2.30)
- Johnny Unitas (2.30)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (4.20)
- Richard Gere (4.27)
- Steven Seagal (4.27)
- Madonna (8.10)
- Tom Brokaw (8.49)
- Martha Stewart (8.49)
- Deion Sanders (9.31)