Mammoth Book Of Mountain DisastersMacInnes, ed
544pp ISBN 9780786712397
Stock No. MNU148From the Appalachians to Mount Cook, from Peak Lenin to Siula Grande, the 35 gripping first-hand accounts of incredible rescues at the top of the world span 5 continents and feature an international cast of mountaineers. Compiled and edited by Hamish MacInnes, the Scottish mountaineering legend and pioneer in the field of mountain rescue, the collection includes work that has never before appeared in print, such as the first draft of Joe Simpson's "Touching the Void." Specially commissioned for this volume are the accounts of a dramatic rescue in Grand Canyon National Park; of the most remote mission ever undertaken by a helicopter rescue team, in the winter of 2000, on Mount Ararat; and of Jamie Andrew's extraordinary, international newsmaking 1999 rescue from the Alps
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