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Publisher:DirectAuthors.com Ltd., 1998Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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- Author: Simpson, JoeEdition: 1st Perennial ed.Date:Created2004Summary:
The author relates his nearly fatal adventures mountaineering in the Andes, adventures that included a fall into a crevice, broken limbs, and return to safety.
Contents:- Foreword by Chris Bonington: Beneath the mountain lakes
- Tempting fate
- Storm at the summit
- On the edge
- Disaster
- Final choice
- Shadows in the ice
- Silent witness
- In the far distance
- Mind games
- Land without pity
- Time running out
- Tears in the night.
Sujets: Adventure | Biography | Case studies | Great Britain | Huayhuash, Cordillera | Huayhuash, Cordillera (Peru) | Mountaineering | Mountaineers | Peru | Sports & Recreation | Search and rescue operations | Simpson, Joe | Snow Sports | Special Interest | Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc | Travel | Yates, SimonOriginal Publisher: [New York], PerennialLanguage(s): EnglishISBN: 0060730552, 9780060730550, 0224025457, 9780224025454