Ebook: Once Bitten
Author: Vardy Nigel, Ecademy Press
- Tags: Mountaineering accidents--Alaska--Denali Mount, Mountaineering--Alaska--Denali Mount, Mountaineers--England--Derbyshire, Mountaineers--Great Britain, Mountaineering, Mountaineering accidents, Mountaineers, Frostbite, Biography, Biographies, Vardy Nigel -- 1969-, Mountaineering accidents -- Alaska -- Denali Mount, Mountaineering -- Alaska -- Denali Mount, Mountaineers -- England -- Derbyshire -- Biography, Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography, Alaska -- Mount Denali, England -- Derbyshire, Great Brita
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: Panoma Press
- City: Cornwall UK;England;Derbyshire;Great Britain;Alaska;Mount Denali
- Language: English
- epub
An inspirational read that will take you to one of the last great frontiers, the mighty Mt McKinley, and an expedition that not only challenged a team of British Mountaineers both physically, mentally and morally, but a trip that nearly cost them their lives.
This book takes you on a journey through life changing decisions, both on the Mountain, and on Nigel's long road to recovery after sustaining severe frostbite.
His steely determination to battle through the aftermath of what can only be described as an epic expedition, put his life back together and go on to enjoy such fantastic Adventures despite his disability is an inspiration to us all.
Rob Edmonds - Mountain Spirit
Once Bitten is not just another 'climber gets stuck on mountain but survives to tell the tale' book. The gripping accounts of the summit attempt, realisation that something is going horribly wrong and the rescue are all there, but the other half of the book is all about the...