True Stories of Survival

Rescue offers stories about what happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world's most perilous places: Himalayan peaks, African plains, vast oceans, and remote Arctic wilderness. But mostly, Rescue is about what humans can endure and achieve in the face of overwhelming duress. Read by Terence Aselford, Colleen Delany, David Elias, Graeme Malcolm, and Nick Sampson. Contributions by: Pete Sinclair, Ralph Barker, Jack Olsen, Thomas James, Kenneth Grahame, Alan Kesselheim, Dorcas S. Miller, Geoffrey Childs, Sr. Wilfred Grenfell. Most people associate storms and other big weather with death -- with the kind of force that makes each of us wonder about life, and time and the nature of our surroundings. Some people go out looking for bad weather or go to places where they're likely to encounter it. Others have the misfortune of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Still, the stories in Storm have more to say than that. They tell us about what happens when people find that treacherous weather -- or when it finds them -- and we are reminded of the fragility of life, the capriciousness of Nature's will, and how little we can do when both cross paths. Read by Terence Aselford, Rick Foucheux, Nick Sampson, and Gary Telles. Contributions by Sebastian Junger, Michael Groom, Gordon Chaplin, Jack London, John Muir, Jack LeMoyne, Rick Bass, John Vaillant, Whitney Balliett, Richard E. Byrd. Clint Willis has been a climber and an armchair mountaineer since he was ten years old. His writing about technology, finance and the outdoors has appeared in more than 100 publications. Dorcas S. Miller is an outdoor writer who has worked as an Outward Bound instructor, whitewater rafting guide, canoe trip leader, teacher, and environmental advocate.