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  • Page Count 298
  • Publication Year 2011
  • Publisher Ballantine Books
  • ISBN-13 9780345523211

The Ledge

By Jim Davidson, Kevin Vaughan

In June 1992, experienced mountaineers Jim Davidson and Mike Price celebrated summiting Washington’s Mount Rainier. Their triumph turned to terror when a catastrophic cave-in plunged them into a deep glacial crevasse—a pitch-black, ice-walled nightmare. Trapped far below daylight on a narrow frozen shelf, Davidson desperately battled the elements and debilitating fear while struggling to save his fatally injured friend. Alone with little equipment and rapidly fading hope, he confronted an agonizing choice: face certain death or attempt an almost impossible solo climb for survival. *The Ledge* is a heart-stopping true story of unimaginable resilience, profound friendship, and the indomitable human spirit against nature's most unforgiving power.
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