Big Walls, Swift Waters: Epic Stories from Yosemite Search and Rescue
- ISBN-10
- 1930238746
- ISBN-13
- 9781930238749
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-07-11
- Author
- Charles R. Farabee
Description
"Most of Yosemite's nearly 4 million annual visitors leave the park without a scratch. For a few, however, a vacation in this world-famous land of cliffs and waterfalls takes a turn for the terrifying. That's where the YOSAR team comes in ... [In this book], Butch Farabee relates epic tales of endurance and survival, misadventure and fatal consequences"--Amazon.com.
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