The Ledge: An Inspirational Story of Friendship and Survival

The Ledge: An Inspirational Story of Friendship and Survival

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢Â â€œThe authors bring extreme climbing to life. . . . Perhaps no author can rationalize why some choose to risk their lives . . . for the thrill of conquering a mountain. The Ledge comes perilously close and tells a ripping true story at the same time.â€â€”The Denver Post
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In June 1992, best friends Jim Davidson and Mike Price stood atop Washingtonâ€™s Mount Rainier, celebrating what they hoped would be the first of many milestones in their lives as passionate mountaineers. Then their triumph turned tragic when a cave-in plunged them deep inside a glacial crevasseâ€”the pitch-black, ice-walled hell of every climberâ€™s nightmares.
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An avid adventurer since youth, Davidson was a seasoned climber at the time of the Rainier ascent. But the harrowing free fall left him challenged by natureâ€™s grandeur at its most unforgiving. Trapped on a narrow frozen shelf, deep below daylight, he desperately battled crumbling ice, snow that threatened to bury him alive, and crippling fear of the inescapable chasm belowâ€”all the while struggling to save his fatally injured friend. Finally, alone, with little equipment and rapidly dwindling hope, he confronted a fateful choice: the certainty of a slow, lonely death or the near impossibility of an agonizing climb for life. A story of heart-stopping adventure, heartfelt friendship, fleeting mortality, and implacable nature, The Ledge chronicles the elation and grief, dizzying heights and punishing depths, of a journey to hard-won wisdom.
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â€œPlunges readers into a dark, icy chasm from which escape seems impossible. Then it reveals the strength it takes to look up, and to start climbing.â€â€”Jim Sheeler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the National Book Award finalist Final Salute
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â€œHow [Davidson] rescued himself is the core of The Ledge, and its most gripping part. The physical effort and will involved are astonishing.â€â€”The Plain Dealer
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â€œA moving portrait of friendship and loss.â€â€”The Wall Street Journal
Country USA
Brand Ballantine Books
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2013-01-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345523204

Country	USA
Brand	Ballantine Books
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2013-01-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345523204

The Ledge: An Inspirational Story of Friendship and Survival

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