At the mercy of the mountains : true stories of survival and tragedy in New York's Adirondacks /: true stories of survival and tragedy in New York's Adirondacks. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Bronski ; foreword by Jon Waterman.
• Other Names: Bronski, Peter
• Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- A guide's story: magnet for misadventure -- A Carnegie hero's rescue on Lake Champlain -- The Boy Scouts versus Wallface -- The crash of American Airlines Flight 166 -- Stranded: the rescue of Maria Gersen -- Grand ambition: two men, forty-six high peaks, five days, and only one survivor -- Of ice and men: ice climbers avalanched off Chapel Pond slab -- Marcy's might: the search for Steven Thomas -- Running the Hudson River gorge -- Deadly allure: Mount Colden's trap dike -- Solo: a long-distance hiker's final days -- Without a trace: the disappearance of Thomas Carleton -- Blowdown! A rogue microburst destroys forest and traps hikers in the wilderness -- Mayday in the Sawtooth Mountains -- Trapped: rising waters and no safe way out -- Avalanche! -- An unplanned epic: the third worst snowstorm in ADK history surprises two pairs of hikers -- Lightning strike -- Dead man walking: the search for Arthur Birchmeyer -- Beacon of controversy: one canoeist, two rescues, and the personal locator beacon that made history -- Epilogue: Lessons from the backcountry -- Time line of misadventures and search and rescues covered in this book.
• Publisher Details: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 796.522097475; Mountaineering accidents -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains; Wilderness survival -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains; Mountaineering accidents; Wilderness survival; New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493050314; 1493050311
• Related ISBNs: 9781493050307
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