Peak experiences : danger, death, and daring in the mountains of the Northeast / edited by Carol Stone White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

White, Carol Stone, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hiking--Northeastern States.

Hiking.

Mountains--Northeastern States.

Mountains.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An anthology of adventure and life-threatening dangers atop the peaks of the Northeast

Contents:

Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Weatherwise or Otherwise?: Presidential Range Perils and Other Tales above Tree Line; Nature Is Unforgiving: Case Studies; Winter above Tree Line; Poking the Dragon; Porky Gulch and Above; Skiing Mount Washington; A Wild Day in the Presidentials; Haunted; The Great Gulf; Tragedy among the Clouds; Green in the Whites; Extremes at the Top of Maine; Part II: Rescues in the Mountains; A Leg Up: Challenges of a Self-Rescue; Sub-Zero Weather Incapacitates; Fall from Saddleback Cliff; Injury Miles from Nowhere

A Mount Marcy Helicopter RescueA Fall from Grace; Midnight Rescue; Two Lives Saved by Search and Rescue Teams; Life-Threatening Conditions Cause Fatality; One Man Dead, One Rescued on Blackhead Mountain; Break on Panther Mountain; A Case of the Umbles; Katahdin Ice Climber Meets Lady Luck; Part III: A Treacherous Place in the Peaks; The Day "Hal's Slide" Got Its Name; Rescue on Hal's Slide; Hiker and Dog Fall on Wildcat Slide; Wild Days on the Wildcats; Part IV: Dangers of Water in the Mountains; Waterfilled: In Which We Nearly Drown; Broken Compass; A Bridge to Safety?

Icy Passage through Iroquois PassA Nice Day Becomes an Ice Day; Frostbite!; Part V: Animal and Avian Behavior; On the Horns of a Dilemma; Beware Bear Appetites; Dog Days in the High Peaks; The Ravens of Bondcliff; Part VI: Odysseys: In Pursuit of the Possible; Hiking the Appalachian Trail with a Tuba; Curses, Excursus: Hut-to-Hut Musings; Descending into the Maelstrom; Never Underestimate the Power of Pudding; Going Long with Fat Packs; The White Mountain 4,000-Footers Direttissima; Enjoying a Frozen World; Part VII: Lost, Unprepared, Leader Lapses, and Bushwhacked; Bivouac at Twenty Below

Whiteout and Bivouac on Algonquin PeakMost Difficult of the Winter 111; Well, Hale Fellow Not Met; A Chocorua Curse?; Democracy in Action; Don't Shoot!; A Well-Guarded Fort-Escape Not Guaranteed; Coming Home; Appendix A: Clubs and Organizations; Appendix B: Safety Guidelines; Notes; Glossary; Suggestions for Further Reading; Contributors; About the Editor; Credits

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-61168-368-8

1-283-73850-3

OCLC:

816562979