Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend …
Category Archive: Book Reviews
Feb 11
Book Review: Not without peril
"This should be required reading for anyone who will be—or has already gone—hiking in the mountains." ~Nelly Heitman, Foreword Magazine. For my last birthday, a friend gave me a copy of the 10th Anniversary Edition of Not Without Peril. First published in 2000, author Nicholas Howe recounts several mishaps which took place among the Presidential …
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