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Title
Over the Edge
Publication Name
Over the Edge
Book Title
Over the Edge : the True Story of the Kidnap and Escape of Four Climbers in Central Asia
Subtitle
The True Story of the Kidnap and Escape of Four Climbers in Centr
Author
Greg Child
Format
Trade Paperback
EAN
9781594859595
ISBN
9781594859595
Publisher
Mountaineers Books, T.H.E.
Genre
Photography, Sports & Recreation, Political Science
Topic
Terrorism, Subjects & Themes / Sports, General, Mountaineering, World / Asian
Release Date
04/02/2015
Release Year
2015
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Language
English
Item Length
9in
Publication Year
2015
Item Height
0.8in
Features
New Edition
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Number of Pages
328 Pages

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* A different sort of true climbing adventure--this one with terrorists, kidnappings, and AK47s * New afterword by the author * First time in paperback Before dawn on August 12, 2000, four of America's best young rock climbers--Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden, Jason "Singer" Smith, and John Dickey--were asleep in their portaledges high on the Yellow Wall in the Pamir-Alai mountain range of Kyrgyzstan. At daybreak, they would be kidnapped at gunpoint by fanatical militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), which operates out of secret bases in Tajikistan and Afghanistan and is linked to Al Qaeda. The kidnappers, themselves barely out of their teens, intended to use their hostages as human shields and for ransom money as they moved across Kyrgyzstan. They hid the climbers by day and marched them by night through freezing, treacherous mountain terrain, with little food, no clean water, and the constant threat of execution. The four climbers -- the oldest of them only 25 -- would see a fellow hostage, a Kyrgyz soldier, executed before their eyes. And in a remarkable life-and-death crucible over six terrifying days, they would be forced to choose between saving their own lives and committing an act none of them thought they ever could. In Over the Edge , the climbers reveal the complete story of their nightmarish ordeal to journalist and climber Greg Child. With riveting details, Child re-creates the entire hour-by-hour drama, from the first ricocheting bullets to the climatic decision that gains them their freedom. Set in a region rife with narcotics and terrorism, this is a compelling story about loyalty and the will to survive. What continues to make it relevant today, 15 years after the events took place, is the geopolitical context -- the incident happened, eerily, on the eve of 9-/11; the fact that at least two of the four climbers continue to be prominent in the sport; and the details incorporated into the story around the media hype and controversy regarding the climbers and their story.

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Publisher
Mountaineers Books, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1594859590
ISBN-13
9781594859595
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211743971

Product Key Features

Book Title
Over the Edge : the True Story of the Kidnap and Escape of Four Climbers in Central Asia
Author
Greg Child
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Topic
Terrorism, Subjects & Themes / Sports, General, Mountaineering, World / Asian
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Photography, Sports & Recreation, Political Science
Number of Pages
328 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hv6604.K97c55 2015
Edition Description
New Edition
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2014-039613
Dewey Decimal
958.43/085092313
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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