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Title:

Near death in the mountains : true stories of disaster and survival / edited by Cecil Kuhne.

Publisher:

Vintage Books,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xvi, 496 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Mountaineering accidents.

Other Authors:

Kuhne, Cecil, 1952-

Notes:

"A Vintage departures original"--T.p. verso.

Contents:

Savage arena / Joe Tasker. 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.

Series:

Vintage departures

ISBN:

0307279359 (trade pbk.)
9780307279354 (trade pbk.)

LCCN:

2008014513

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)