The author recounts his harrowing experiences of being trapped for six days in Blue John Canyon in Utah and having to amputate his own right arm in order to save his life.
A collection of twelve short stories depicting true accounts of mountain climbers' near death experiences, and features selections entitled "No Picnic on Mount Kenya," "The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger," "The Mountain of My Fear," and others.
Presents the author's firsthand account of her stay on the Farallon Islands--in the shark infested waters thirty miles west of San Francisco--and includes information on shark behavior and scientists who study them.
