Facing The Extreme
Subtitle: One Woman's Story Of True Courage And Death-Defying Survival In The Eye Of Mt. McKinley's Worst Storm Ever
Edition: 1 Stmartin edition
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Published: May 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780312969851
Subjects: Biography: general; Climbing & mountaineering; Sports & Recreation; Biography / Autobiography; Sports; North America; Sports - General; Women; Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering; Mountaineering; Alaska; Biography; History; McKinley, Mount; United States; Women mountaineers
First sentence: It is hard to celebrate life when one is surrounded by death, imprisoned by a raging storm on the side of a mountain that some assert is the most dangerous summit in the world.