num_pages: 286
description: The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries long after every other ultimate discovery had been made: both poles by 1912 Everest in 1958 the Challenger Deep in 1961. In 1969 we even walked on the moon. And yet as late as 2000 the earths deepest cavethe supercaveremained undiscovered. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find it earning their place in history beside the likes of Peary Amundsen Hillary and Armstrong. In 2004 two great scientist-explorers are attempting to find the bottom of the world. Bold heroic American Bill Stone is committed to the vast Cheve Cave located in southern Mexico and deadly even by supercave standards. On the other side of the globe legendary Ukrainian explorer Alexander KlimchoukStones polar opposite in temperament and style but every bit his equal in scientific expertise physical bravery and sheer determinationhas targeted Krubera a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the Republic of Georgia where underground dangers are compounded by the horrors of separatist war in this former Soviet republic.
language: English
title: Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth
publisher: Random House