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Death in Mount Rainier National Park : stories of accidents and foolhardiness on the Northwest's most iconic peak
- Title
- Death in Mount Rainier National Park : stories of accidents and foolhardiness on the Northwest's most iconic peak / Tracy Salcedo.
- Author
- Salcedo-Chourré, Tracy
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 217 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Each year almost two million visitors come to Mount Rainier National Park. If they don't follow safety warnings, they may find themselves victim to a climbing accident, face to face with a mountain lion, or stuck in the fog and snow on the Muir Snowfield, a place continually rated as one of America's most dangerous hikes. Death in Mount Rainier National Park gathers some of the most dramatic stories of the more than 400 deaths that have occurred in the park's history"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The ranger and the guide -- No safety in numbers -- Experience is no guarantee -- The crevasse -- Going it alone -- Tales from the routes -- It comes with a cost -- On the trail -- On a climb -- In the air -- On the job -- On the water -- On the road -- Snow and ice -- Of natural causes -- Of unnatural causes -- Epilogue: surviving Mount Rainier.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-8289
- ISBN
- 9781493026944
- 1493026941
- LCCN
- 2018002450
- OCLC
- 1005115779
- Author
- Salcedo-Chourré, Tracy, author.
- Title
- Death in Mount Rainier National Park : stories of accidents and foolhardiness on the Northwest's most iconic peak / Tracy Salcedo.
- Publisher
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-8289