Author note: Hamish MacInnes (Editor)
Publish yr note: First released September thirtieth 2003
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Caught means up at the mountain, not anyone is secure, from the archetypal nightmare of Tony Kurtz, noticeable to freeze to dying through his stranded rescuers as he hung off the Eiger, to occasions that opened up at the Grand Teton, the place rescuers narrowly escaped being clubbed to loss of life by means of their reluctant rescuees.
This selection of 35 first-hand money owed will surprise and encourage in equivalent degree. this is the unique draft of Joe Simpson's vintage Touching the Void and the 1st complete telling of Jamie Andrew's striking rescue from the Alps, which made headlines in 1999. Plus a particularly commissioned account of the epic wintry weather rescue on Mount Ararat, 2000 - the main distant undertaking ever undertaken through a helicopter-rescue crew. And the rescuers personal grim battles for survival. Compiled via one of many world's most beneficial mountaineers, this quantity spans 5 continents - from the Appalachians to Mount prepare dinner, from top Lenin to Siula Grande.
It comprises many of the brightest stars of climbing and mountain rescue: Joe Simpson, Doug Scott, Pete Sinclair, Milos Vrbe, Paul Nunn, Ludwig Gramminger, Karen Glazley, Ken Phillips and Blaise Agresti.
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Rescue has become our only hope. But that hope too has now been dashed. The Siberian wind rifles through our exposed stance and we huddle together and wait. Blaise Agresti In the afternoon I met the families of the two climbers, along with Anne Sauvy, the mountain writer, and her husband, John Wilkinson. I explained to them that we held out little hope. I drew a diagram on the board in the PGHM meeting room explaining the position of the two men and the difficulties which we were having in rescuing them.
I muttered something about too much black pudding for breakfast and being not just spot on. We piled into the car once more. The morning was clear and, as we drove back to the outskirts of Fort William, somebody brought up jocularly 48 the amount of petrol that the car was gobbling. We turned off on the Glen Nevis road and drove up the single-track road to arrive at the car park at the head of the glen. Here the Water Slab, which cascades down the south side of the Ben, sparkled like liquid tinsel in the morning light.
The food is long gone, water only a memory. We are fatigued with cold and stiffened with inactivity. Rescue has become our only hope. But that hope too has now been dashed. The Siberian wind rifles through our exposed stance and we huddle together and wait. Blaise Agresti In the afternoon I met the families of the two climbers, along with Anne Sauvy, the mountain writer, and her husband, John Wilkinson. I explained to them that we held out little hope. I drew a diagram on the board in the PGHM meeting room explaining the position of the two men and the difficulties which we were having in rescuing them.