Opening book details…
Can I read The Ledge : An Inspirational Story of Friendship and Survival on EtoBox?
The Ledge : An Inspirational Story of Friendship and Survival by Jim Davidson; Kevin Vaughan is a book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Ledge : An Inspirational Story of Friendship and Survival about?
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The authors bring extreme climbing to life.... Perhaps no author can rationalize why some choose to risk their lives... for the thrill of conquering a mountain. The Ledge comes perilously close and tells a ripping true story at the same time.”—The Denver Post In June 1992, best friends Jim Davidson and Mike Price stood atop Washington's Mount Rainier, celebrating what they hoped would be the first of many milestones in their lives as passionate mountaineers. Then their triumph turned tragic when a cave-in plunged them deep inside a glacial crevasse—the pitch-black, ice-walled hell of every climber's nightmares. An avid adventurer since youth, Davidson was a seasoned climber at the time of the Rainier ascent. But the harrowing free fall left him challenged by nature's grandeur at its most unforgiving. Trapped on a narrow frozen shelf, deep below daylight, he desperately battled crumbling ice, snow that threatened to bury him alive, and crippling fear of the inescapable chasm below—all the while struggling to save his fatally injured friend. Finally, alone, with little equipment and rapidly dwindling hope, he confronted a fateful choice: the certainty of
- Author
- Jim Davidson; Kevin Vaughan
- Publisher
- New York: Ballantine Books
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780345523211
- Subjects
- Sports, Memoir, Adventure
- Rating
- 3.82 / 5 (946 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
More by Jim Davidson; Kevin Vaughan
Browse all works by Jim Davidson; Kevin Vaughan
Similar books
- Holocaust Child : Lalechka : an Inspirational Story of Survival — Amira Keidar (2021)
- Night Reflections : A True Story of Friendship, Love, Cancer, and Survival — Robert Thomas Winn, MD.; with Timothy R. Pearson (2016)
- Two Bobbies : a True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival — Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery; illustrations by Jean Cassels (2008)
- Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival — Joe Simpson (2004)
- After the Fire: A True Story of Friendship and Survival — Robin Gaby Fisher (2008)
- SURVIVAL : a Story of Friendship - Part 2 — Alice Weil (2022)