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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Weatherwise or Otherwise?: Presidential Range Perils and Other Tales above Tree Line; Nature Is Unforgiving: Case Studies; Winter above Tree Line; Poking the Dragon; Porky Gulch and Above; Skiing Mount Washington; A Wild Day in the Presidentials; Haunted; The Great Gulf; Tragedy among the Clouds; Green in the Whites; Extremes at the Top of Maine; Part II: Rescues in the Mountains; A Leg Up: Challenges of a Self-Rescue; Sub-Zero Weather Incapacitates; Fall from Saddleback Cliff; Injury Miles from Nowhere |
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A Mount Marcy Helicopter RescueA Fall from Grace; Midnight Rescue; Two Lives Saved by Search and Rescue Teams; Life-Threatening Conditions Cause Fatality; One Man Dead, One Rescued on Blackhead Mountain; Break on Panther Mountain; A Case of the Umbles; Katahdin Ice Climber Meets Lady Luck; Part III: A Treacherous Place in the Peaks; The Day "Hal's Slide" Got Its Name; Rescue on Hal's Slide; Hiker and Dog Fall on Wildcat Slide; Wild Days on the Wildcats; Part IV: Dangers of Water in the Mountains; Waterfilled: In Which We Nearly Drown; Broken Compass; A Bridge to Safety? |
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Icy Passage through Iroquois PassA Nice Day Becomes an Ice Day; Frostbite!; Part V: Animal and Avian Behavior; On the Horns of a Dilemma; Beware Bear Appetites; Dog Days in the High Peaks; The Ravens of Bondcliff; Part VI: Odysseys: In Pursuit of the Possible; Hiking the Appalachian Trail with a Tuba; Curses, Excursus: Hut-to-Hut Musings; Descending into the Maelstrom; Never Underestimate the Power of Pudding; Going Long with Fat Packs; The White Mountain 4,000-Footers Direttissima; Enjoying a Frozen World; Part VII: Lost, Unprepared, Leader Lapses, and Bushwhacked; Bivouac at Twenty Below |
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Whiteout and Bivouac on Algonquin PeakMost Difficult of the Winter 111; Well, Hale Fellow Not Met; A Chocorua Curse?; Democracy in Action; Don't Shoot!; A Well-Guarded Fort-Escape Not Guaranteed; Coming Home; Appendix A: Clubs and Organizations; Appendix B: Safety Guidelines; Notes; Glossary; Suggestions for Further Reading; Contributors; About the Editor; Credits |
| Summary |
In the mountains, the difference between a pleasant day of hiking and a life-threatening disaster is as simple as a loose rock, a turned ankle, or a misjudged patch of ice. In an instant, even the most experienced and prepared of outdoorspersons can find themselves at the mercy of the elements (and their own choices) - and suddenly, sometimes tragically, the situation slips out their control. In this collection of over fifty tales of day hikes and long treks gone awry, the seasoned climber and writer Carol Stone White brings together some of her favorite tales of outdoor misadventure wr |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Hiking -- Northeastern States
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TRAVEL -- United States -- Northeast -- General.
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TRAVEL -- United States -- Northeast -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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SPORTS & RECREATION / General
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Hiking
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Northeastern States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1611683688 |
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9781611683684 |
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