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Icefall - Adventures at the Wild Edges of Our Dangerous, Changing Planet (Hardcover)
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Icefall - Adventures at the Wild Edges of Our Dangerous, Changing Planet (Hardcover)
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In May 2014, the mountaineer and scientist John All fell into a
crevasse near Everest and took a series of videos as he struggled
to climb out 70 feet of ice and snow with fifteen broken bones -
including 6 cracked vertebrae, internal bleeding, a severely
dislocated shoulder, and his face covered in blood. The videos of
him went viral and appeared in newscasts all over the world: CNN,
BBC, Australia, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, etc. and
every website imaginable - from People Magazine to National
Geographic. NPR called him "a badass for science." Yet this story
is only the latest of All's adventures. He's also won a footrace
for his life with a wild hyena, stepped on a black mamba in the
African bush, and scaled Everest - all in pursuit of his true
passion: the future of adaptation to our world's changing climate.
Icefall is more than a fascinating adventure story-it is a report
from the extremes, which hold new lessons about the impact of
climate change. It is about the collapsing Andean glaciers, the
hidden jungles in Honduras where native people have learned about
surviving hurricanes, and the highest points on earth, where more
scientific secrets lie. The result is a thrilling adventure memoir
with profound lessons for how humans will adjust as our world
continues to change beneath our feet.
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