Stories Of Survival: Mountaineering & Exploration

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Stories Of Survival: Mountaineering & Exploration Unabridged Short Stories - Nonfiction - 8 CASSETTES - 12 hours Publisher Topics Entertainment (January 2001) 16 Short Stories on 8 Cassettes "Listening to these audio books is an armchair adventures dream as you sit back close your eyes and let your imagination go." --Independent Publisher Stories of Survival : Mountaineering & Exploration transports you to various remote destinations around the world from the highest mountain peaks to jungles and the Arctic. These spellbinding stories of adventure survival and tragedies are sure to keep every listener captivated. Experience what world explorers and adventure seekers endured from accidents to natural disasters and treacherous weather conditions. The two titles High and Explore compile 16 vivid stories from adventure seekers in their most terrifying and memorable moments. High "....a superb collection of some of the best mountain and adventure writing of the century." --Michael Kennedy Climbing Magazine Everest and K2---two of the most feared and respected peaks in the world. High offers a unique perspective on climbing these two peaks from early exploration disasters to the modern tragedies. With writing from Matt Dickinson Chris Bonington David Roberts and others these stories remind us in vivid accounts why Everest and K2 are among the worlds most dangerous places yet why the worlds best climbers cannot stay away from them. Explore Explore offers first-hand accounts from the worlds boldest explorers men and women encountering storms starvation cannibals and disease in their pursuit of adventure. Their stories are immediate passionate and dramatic accounts of contact with the unknown discovered in the mountains of the Himalaya the jungles of New Guinea the ice floes of the Arctic and the ruins of Peru. With selections from Tim Cahill Redmond OHanlon John Long Fridtjof Nansen and Harold Brodkey Explore will take you off the map to those few refuges where true discovery is still possible.