The Mammoth Book of Mountain Disasters: True Stories of Rescue from the Brink of Death

by Hamish MacInnes

From the Appalachians to Mount Cook, from Peak Lenin to Siula Grande, the thirty-five gripping first-hand accounts of incredible rescues at the top of the world in this mammoth volume span five... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786712392
• ISBN13: 9780786712397
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

excellent adventure book

This book will make you truly question the mind-set of mountain climbers, as it relates numerous stories of man vs mountain ( man usually loses, it seems). This book teaches you that you should not trivialize the dangers of mountain climbing ( I suppose you could say not to " make a molehill out of a mountain" ) : > ) <br /> <br />It's a fascinating book.