For all fellow Walter Mitty's I pose this question. What books, historical eras or subjects inspired you to do whatever it is we call adventure? For me; it was Antoine de Saint-Exupery writing about flying, Joseph Conrad the Sea and Robert W.Service the Gold Rush. It all came together during my tour in Alaska. I briefly gave up reading after I did a night swim off Tillamook Bay Oregon. Never read JAWS before starting a nightwatch <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />.