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Lädt ... The Falling Season: Inside the Life and Death Drama of Aspen's Mountain Rescue Teamvon Hal Clifford
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Very interesting book. Good for those who like inside stories of fire departments, rangers, and hiking books. The Falling Season recounts how politics affected rescues made by Mountain Rescue - Aspen in the 1990s. It's a fascinating look at the personalities and conflicts involved when the kind of people who will spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours to help people get safely off a mountain encounter the bureaucracy that develops when paid professionals decide that the risk of getting sued is more important than helping people. The way politics can affect rescue operations was scary to read about. My faith in humans was somewhat bolstered by the willingness of the rescuers to put up with a great deal of interference so long as they could still do what they were there to do - help someone. I found the author's use of the present tense to be annoying, but it wouldn't prevent me from recommending the book to anyone interested in the politics and personalities involved in mountain rescue. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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* Offers an inside view of the dangers, emotions, and politics of a mountain rescue group * Covers one of the most publicized mountain rescue operations of the decade: Express Creek To write fairly about mountain rescuers, journalist Hal Clifford was told, you must become one yourself. And so began the most challenging assignment of his career - in the wilderness around Aspen, Colorado, where each year the destinies of a handful of skiers, hikers, and climbers intersect with those of their rescuers. The Falling Season is Clifford's thrilling account of an insider's life and time on one of America's premier mountain rescue teams. Giving new voice to the adrenaline rush, he recounts the harrowing moments and the against-the-clock, painstaking procedures of more than a dozen mountain rescues, including 1993's infamous Express Creek crisis and its attendant media circus. Throughout, he profiles his teammates, dedicated volunteers who leave warm beds and meals at a moment's notice and brave unimaginably harsh conditions to save an injured stranger's life. Here are their thoughts and motivations as they dangle from cliff sides, risk avalanches, and wait for fateful words on static-filled radios. Unflinchingly honest, Clifford also talks about the divisive politics, personal struggles, egos, and occasional unhappy outcomes that are an inevitable part of rescuing life. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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