Near Death in the Mountains : : True Stories of Disaster and Survival
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"A Vintage departures original"--T.p. verso.
Foreword from Eiger dreams / Jon Krakauer -- No picnic on Mount Kenya / Felice Benuzzi -- The mountains of my life / Walter Bonatti -- Minus 148° : the winter ascent of Mt. McKinley / Art Davidson -- The white spider: the classic account of the ascent of the Eiger / Heinrich Harrer -- Annapurra: first conquest of an 8,000-meter peak [26,493 feet] / Maurice Herzog -- Everest: the worst ridge / Thomas F. Hornbein -- Miracle in the Andes: 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home / Nando Parrado -- In the zone: epic survival stories from the mountaineering world / Peter Potterfield -- The mountain of my fear / David Roberts -- Nanda Devi: the tragic expedition / John Roskelley -- Touching the void / Joe Simpson -- Savage arena / Joe Tasker.
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SERIES
Vintage departures.
PUBLISHED
New York : Vintage Books, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: xvi, 496 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307279354 (trade pbk.)
0307279359 (trade pbk.)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Kuhne, Cecil, 1952-
SUBJECTS
Mountaineering accidents.