The Rescue Season: The Heroic Story of Parajumpers on the Edge of the World

by Bob Drury

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It is late May in Alaska, the height of the climbing season in the world's most treacherous mountain range. Three Englishmen are clawing their way up the sheer West Rib of Denali, the highest mountain in North America. During a break in the weather, they attempt a mad dash for the summit 4,000 feet above them. Twelve miles away, clinging to a vertical wall of ice, two experienced American climbers also see the break in the clouds as their chance to reach the summit of Thunder Mountain, the third highest in the Alaska Range. But, as every mountain guide...Read more
  • ISBN10 0684864797
  • ISBN13 9780684864792
  • Publish Date 20 August 2001 (first published 1 May 2001)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 4 October 2004
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 238
  • Language English