Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Contents:
Majestic mountains -- Mountain survival -- Flight five-seven-one : the Andes, Argentina, South America, 1972 -- Back from the dead : Joe Simpson, Siula Grande, the Peruvian Andes, South America, 1985 -- A life-or-death decision : Aron Ralston, Blue John Canyon, Utah, 2003 -- More survival stories.
Summary:
Discusses how to survive in the mountains, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including a plane crash in the Andes in 1972 and the case involving Aron Ralston, whose arm was trapped by a rock while climbing in Utah in 2003.
Series:
Graphic survival stories
Indexed by:
School Library Journal, May 2010. Booklist, March 2010. Library Media Connection, October 2010.
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