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Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite’s Half Dome by Bob Madgic

from High-Quality Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture · host Francesco Hartmann

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite’s Half Dome Author: Bob Madgic Narrator: Anthony Heald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 1, 2007 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On the evening of July 27, 1985, five hikers made a fateful choice to climb Yosemite's fabled Half Dome, even as the sky darkened and thunder rolled. By night's end, two would be dead from a lightning strike, three gravely wounded, and desperate EMTs would be overseeing a harrowing midnight helicopter rescue. Shattered Airis a haunting account of recklessness, tragedy, courage, and rescue, a book whose depiction of Nature's power is tempered by unforgettable portraits of human courage and the will to survive. Listeners are sure to walk away with a newfound respect for lightning—and nature in general—after hearing this incredible true story.

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