The Third Man Factor: The Secret to Survival in Extreme Environments
- ISBN-10
- 0143017519
- ISBN-13
- 9780143017516
- Pages
- 295
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Canada
- Author
- John Geiger
Description
"The Third Man Factor tells the revealing story behind an extraordinary idea: that people at the very edge of death, often adventurers or explorers, experience a benevolent presence beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive. If only a handful of people had ever experienced the Third Man, it might be dismissed as an unusual delusion shared by a few overstressed minds. But the amazing thing is this: over the years, the experience has occurred again and again, to mountaineers, divers, polar explorers, prisoners of war, solo sailors, aviators, astronauts and 9/11 survivors. All have escaped traumatic events only to tell strikingly similar stories of having experienced the close presence of a helper or guardian. The mysterious force has been explained as everything from hallucination to divine intervention. Recent neurological research suggests something else." -- BOOK JACKET.
