Darkness descending
Jones, Ken (Mountaineer)2014
Book
On 5th January 2003, as 27-year-old former special forces soldier Ken Jones attempted the ascent of Moldoveanu, Romania's highest peak, he was caught in a horrific avalanche that tossed him back down the mountain, leaving him with severe injuries including a broken femur and a smashed hip socket. Alone in a snowy wilderness without any way of calling for help he knew his chances of survival were slim. 'Darkness Descending' is the harrowing and psychologically compelling account of the next four freezing days and nights as he dragged himself to safety, battling constantly with extreme pain, biting cold, and his own, often hallucinatory swings between hope and despair.
Main title:
Darkness descending / Ken Jones.
Author:
Jones, Ken (Mountaineer), author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2014.London : Quercus, 2014.
Collation:
xiv, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781782066026 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.522092796.522092 JON796.522092JON
Local class:
796.522092 JON
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1666933