Want to write a book about facing death? Climb a mountain!

Updated March 6, 2023
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Lake Oswego Public Library
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Dead Mountain : the untold true story of the Dyatlov Pass incident
Eichar, Donnie
Paper Book
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller that explores the gripping Dyatlov Pass incident that took the lives of nine young Russian hikers in 1959.  What happened that night on Dead Mountain? In...
Deep survival : who lives, who dies, and why : true stories of miraculous endurance and sudden death
Gonzales, Laurence
Ebook
"Unique among survival books...stunning...enthralling. Deep Survival makes compelling, and chilling, reading." --Denver Post Laurence Gonzales's bestselling Deep Survival has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers' everyday lives. Its mix of...
Deep survival : who lives, who dies, and why : true stories of miraculous endurance and sudden death
Gonzales, Laurence
Ebook
"Unique among survival books...stunning...enthralling. Deep Survival makes compelling, and chilling, reading." --Denver Post Laurence Gonzales's bestselling Deep Survival has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers' everyday lives. Its mix of...
Deep survival : who lives, who dies, and why : true stories of miraculous endurance and sudden death
Gonzales, Laurence
Ebook
"Unique among survival books...stunning...enthralling. Deep Survival makes compelling, and chilling, reading." --Denver Post Laurence Gonzales's bestselling Deep Survival has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers' everyday lives. Its mix of...
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
Krakauer, Jon.
Paper Book
When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still...

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