Primary Format: E-book | |
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ISBN: | 9781611683684 |
Published: | 10/08/2012 |
Pages: | 344 |
Size: | 6 x 9 in. |
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Peak Experiences: Danger, Death, and Daring in the Mountains of the Northeast
Edited by Carol Stone White
E-book: $21.99Whether these hikers are savvy or foolish, out in summer or winter, on a day trip or a marathon, climbing mountaintops or bushwhacking the slopes, their "peak experiences" make for fascinating and educational reading. Ms. White does a service to both outdoors-people and their observers in collecting these tales in one volume.
—New York Journal of Books
In this surprising combination of unvarnished narratives, mountaineers bare their own mistakes and those of novices they have rescued. These tales of ill-prepared climbers, sudden storms, forgotten equipment, poor planning, and simple bad luck humble all of us who climb in the Northeastern mountains. These parables guide but never preach. They remind us to respect these hills.
—Appalachia
Climbers-even veterans of many peaks-make mistakes. Carol Stone White has put together a fascinating collection of tales of mountain missteps by those whose judgment failed them (but who lived to tell the tale). If you’re an armchair mountaineer, prepare to shiver in your warm and comfortable chair as you share the experience of blinding storms, freezing cold, and punishing winds. If you’re a climber, read this book carefully-it could save your life.
—Maurice Isserman, co-author of Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, and Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of History, Hamilton College
In this surprising combination of unvarnished narratives, mountaineers bare their own mistakes and those of novices they have rescued. These tales of ill-prepared climbers, sudden storms, forgotten equipment, poor planning, and simple bad luck humble all of us who climb in the Northeastern mountains. These parables guide but never preach. They remind us to respect these hills.
—Christine Woodside, editor, Appalachia
CAROL STONE WHITE is an avid mountain climber and author of numerous books including Women with Altitude: Challenging the Adirondack High Peaks in Winter.