THE 2006 MOUNT HOOD TRAGEDY: THE UNTOLD STORY: HOLDING FAST Karen James 2008 1st ed Hardcover DJ Multiple copies available (James, Karen)

	Item #: BK4851-8303 THE 2006 MOUNT HOOD TRAGEDY: THE UNTOLD STORY: HOLDING FAST Karen James 2008 1st ed Hardcover DJ Multiple copies available By James, Karen Price: $9.99 List Price: $24.99 You Save $15.00 (60%) Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
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USA, 2008, 1st edition. 225 pp, color and b/w photos, maps, profiles. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. There is no writing in the book or other flaws, and the dust jacket has no tears or chips and is not price clipped. The Dust Jacket and the Book are in New condition. A personal note: Mount Hood is perhaps the most attractive deadly nuisance in mountain climbing. Weather changes quickly. In the 1970s I made two attempts to climb it but sudden storms blew me and my friends off. We were good enough climbers to know when we were beat before it got serious. I never did climb it. (Mike Chessler) In December 2006, millions of people across the world prayed and waited in anguish to learn the fate of 3 climbers trapped on Mt. Hood. The worst storm in the last decade was pounding the mountain with hurricane-force winds that would not permit the army of rescue workers to do their work. No one below could forget the last phone call Kelly James placed to his wife, telling her that he was trapped in a snow cave just below the summit. What happened next would change the lives of everyone involved and deeply touch millions of people who desperately hoped to see a Christmas miracle. For more than a week, the search dominated the news as family members huddled below, praying for the climbers' safe return. But the story did not end when Kelly James's body was airlifted off the mountain and the cameras stopped rolling. For Karen, the year after Kelly's death was spent searching for answers to what really happened on the mountain. In this journey of adventure, tragedy, love and loss, she reveals never-released information about the fateful climb and behind-the-scenes details of how the family coped with the shocking news. Jeffrey Kelly James (February 2, 1958 � c. December 11, 2006) was one of three experienced mountain climbers who died on Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon in December 2006 in an incident that received worldwide attention. James was a native of Dallas, Texas and a graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He was an accomplished landscape architect with his designs published in Metropolitan Home and Better Homes and Gardens. James was also a veteran mountaineer with more than 25 years experience climbing mountains including Mount McKinley, the Eiger, Alpamayo, and over 20 ascents of Mount Rainier. James resided in Dallas with his wife Karen James and four children. He was also a devoted Christian. On December 10, 2006, during his climb on Mount Hood, James made a cell phone call to his wife, Karen, and two older sons telling them that he was trapped in a snow cave and that his two climbing partners Brian Hall and Jerry �Nikko� Cooke had gone for help. For more than a week, fierce weather thwarted rescue attempts. Finally on December 17, 2006, rescue workers located James� body in a snow cave, 300 feet (91 m) below the summit. Before he died of hypothermia, James removed his glove and extended his ring finger with his signet JKJ ring prominently displayed, which some have interpreted as a signal to his family. The two other climbers who went for help, Brian Hall and Jerry Cooke, were never found, and have since been declared dead.
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