The ledge An Inspirational Story of Friendship and Survival
"The authors bring extreme climbing to life. . . . Perhaps no author can rationalize why some choose to risk their lives . . . for the thrill of conquering a mountain. The Ledge comes perilously close and tells a ripping true story at the same time."--The Denver Post In June 1992, best fri...
| Main Author: | Davidson, Jim. |
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| Format: | Downloads eBook Books eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2011.
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
"The authors bring extreme climbing to life. . . . Perhaps no author can rationalize why some choose to risk their lives . . . for the thrill of conquering a mountain. The Ledge comes perilously close and tells a ripping true story at the same time."--The Denver Post In June 1992, best friends Jim Davidson and Mike Price stood atop Washington's Mount Rainier, celebrating what they hoped would be the first of many milestones in their lives as passionate mountaineers. Then their triumph turned tragic when a cave-in plunged them deep inside a glacial crevasse--the pitch-black, ice-walled hell of every climber's nightmares. An avid adventurer since youth, Davidson was a seasoned climber at the time of the Rainier ascent. But the harrowing free fall left him challenged by nature's grandeur at its most unforgiving. Trapped on a narrow frozen shelf, deep below daylight, he desperately battled crumbling ice, snow that threatened to... |
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Format: |
Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3921 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB). |
| ISBN: |
9780345523211 |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |