Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo

by Tracy Johnston

Book Overview

A thrilling, touching, and densely instructive book, Shooting the Boh is also a frank self-portrait of a woman facing her most corrosive fears--and triumphing over them--with fortitude and unflagging wit. "A captivating and truly offbeat rite of passage."--Eric Hansen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679740104
• ISBN13: 9780679740100
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book!

It's been a few years since I read this book but I loved it. Middle-aged adventure with a great sense of humor.

One of my all-time favorites

I've bought this book as a gift for at least five other people and will probably buy more in the future.Ms. Johnston uses the white-water rafting trip from hell as a metaphor for her voyage into menopause, lost youth, and self-discovery.Don't miss it!

Wonderful vicarious experience

I love adventure travel, but not with the level of danger and discomfort experienced by Johnston & her cohorts on this exploratory journey. I loved the perspective offered by Johnston, and the trip was made much more vivid for me because of the personal focus of her account, including her terrific riff on menopause. After experiencing her astute insights and wonderful sense of ironic humor, I felt as close to having been there as I'd have wanted to be. Glad she took the trip for me!

An eye-opening rafting experience!

Our book club selected and read this book. It received rave reviews from everyone. Most of us agreed that the bees would have been the end of us! (: It would be an especially good read during the summer.

Wild river, wilder ride

I thoroughly enjoyed this fast paced travel of a wild river coupled to a trip of self-discovery by the author. At one point she wakes in the dark of the night to find her tent is no longer pitched on a dry sand bar. The river is rising incessantly and the whole crew has to cling to vertical rock walls waiting for the flood to pass. In another place she has a quiet, reflective encounter with a leech that wants to befriend her, or at least her leg. I've recommended this book to several friends and they have all enjoyed it.