mountaineering accidents

A collection of twelve short stories depicting true accounts of mountain climbers' near death experiences, and features selections entitled "No Picnic on Mount Kenya, " "The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger, " "The Mountain of My Fear, " and others.

Lincoln Hall describes his experiences after deciding to pursue a long-delayed dream to climb Mt. Everest in the spring of 2006, telling how he was declared dead and left behind after he collapsed from altitude sickness and Sherpas were unable to revive him, and discussing his miraculous rescue by an American guide the following day who discovered him sitting on the summit ridge, frostbitten, confused, but still alive.

Presents true accounts of five historic mountain rescues from the Great Northern Railway Rescue to the dangerous rescue of Beck Weathers on Mount Everest. Includes a glossary and sources of more information.

Presents the stories of the sherpas who have acted as expert consultants to Westerners climbing the Himalayas, focusing in particular on Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Pasang Lama, who survived when eleven other climbers died on K2 in August 2008.

Chronicles the events surrounding a 1985 tragedy on Yosemite's Half Dome, in which two hikers were killed in a lightning strike that injured three others and led EMTs on a harrowing midnight rescue.

Relates the 1996 experiences of Jon Krakauer, a writer for Outside magazine, as he joined a group attempting to climb to the highest point on Earth, the summit of Mt. Everest.

An anthology of prose writings about climbing on the world's two highest and best-known mountains, Everest and K2; featuring selections authored between 1933 and 1996.

The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense.