{"product_id":"near-death-in-the-mountains-9780307279354","title":"Near Death in the Mountains","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He wrapped the rope around his body, got ready to rappel and leaned back.  Standing  about five feet from him, I heard a sharp scraping,  Suddenly Ed was flying.  I could  see him fall, wordless, fifty feet free, then strike the steep ice below…he was sliding  and bouncing down.  He passed out of sight, but I heard his body bouncing. There  wasn't a chance of his stopping for 4,000 feet.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—From David Robert's \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain  of My Fear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these thrillingly true tales of narrow brushes with death, Cecil Kuhne  has amassed a wide range of stories that show the awesome power of the mountains.  Spanning five continents, from the frosty tip of Mount McKinley in the dead of the  winter, to the unexplored vastness of the Himalayas and beyond, this is a pulse-pounding  collection of disaster and survival at the top of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso featuring:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e•  Joe Simpson's \u003ci\u003eTouching the Void\u003c\/i\u003e—An inspiring story of a climber who topples into  a icy crevasse and, though crippled, starving and frostbitten, still manages to crawl  to rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Jon Krakauer's \u003ci\u003eEiger Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e—Reaching the limits of his own climbing  skills, the author makes a crucial decision whether to brave the treacherous higher  altitudes or return to base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Nando Parrado's \u003ci\u003eMiracle in the Andes\u003c\/i\u003e—The stunning  first-person account of a Peruvian rugby team's airplane crash in the Chilean Andes  and their harrowing journey down the mountain for help.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090671825239,"sku":"9780307279354","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780307279354.jpg?v=1762273022","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/near-death-in-the-mountains-9780307279354","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}