Blind Descent
The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth
James M. Tabor
- “Heart-stopping
- and
- relentlessly
- gripping.
- Tabor
- takes
- us
- on
- an
- odyssey
- into
- unfathomable
- worlds
- beneath
- us,
- and
- into
- the
- hearts
- of
- rare
- explorers
- who
- will
- do
- anything
- to
- get
- there
- first.”—Robert
- Kurson,
- author
- of
- ShadowDiversIn
- 2004,
- two
- great
- scientist-explorers
- attempted
- to
- find
- the
- bottom
- of
- the
- world.
- American
- Bill
- Stone
- took
- on
- the
- vast,
- deadly
- Cheve
- Cave
- in
- southern
- Mexico.
- Ukrainian
- Alexander
- Klimchouk
- targeted
- Krubera,
- a
- freezing
- nightmare
- of
- a
- supercave
- in
- the
- war-torn
- former
- Soviet
- republic
- of
- Georgia.Both
- men
- spent
- months
- almost
- two
- vertical
- miles
- deep,
- contending
- with
- thousand-foot
- drops,
- raging
- whitewater
- rivers,
- monstrous
- waterfalls,
- mile-long
- belly
- crawls,
- and
- the
- psychological
- horrors
- produced
- by
- weeks
- in
- absolute
- darkness,
- beyond
- all
- hope
- of
- rescue.Based
- on
- his
- unprecedented
- access
- to
- logs
- and
- journals
- as
- well
- as
- hours
- of
- personal
- interviews,
- James
- Tabor
- has
- crafted
- a
- thrilling
- exploration
- of
- man’s
- timeless
- urge
- to
- discover—and
- of
- two
- extraordinary
- men
- whose
- pursuit
- of
- greatness
- led
- them
- to
- the
- heights
- of
- triumph
- and
- the
- depths
- of
- tragedy.Blind
- Descent
- is
- an
- unforgettable
- addition
- to
- the
- classic
- literature
- of
- true-life
- adventure,
- and
- a
- testament
- to
- human
- survival
- and
- endurance.**“Holds
- the
- reader
- to
- his
- seat,
- containing
- dangers
- aplenty
- with
- deadly
- falls,
- killer
- microbes,
- sudden
- burial,
- asphyxiation,
- claustrophobia,
- anxiety,
- and
- hallucinations
- far
- underneath
- the
- ground
- in
- a
- lightless
- world.
- Using
- a
- pulse-pounding
- narrative,
- this
- is
- tense
- real-life
- adventure
- pitting
- two
- master
- cavers
- mirroring
- the
- cold
- war
- with
- very
- uncommonly
- high
- stakes.”—Publishers
- Weekly
- (starred
- review)“A
- fascinating
- and
- informative
- introduction
- to
- the
- sport
- of
- cave
- diving,
- as
- well
- as
- a
- dramatic
- portrayal
- of
- a
- significant
- man-vs.-nature
- conflict.
- .
- .
- .
- What
- counts
- is
- Tabor’s
- knack
- for
- maximizing
- dramatic
- potential,
- while
- also
- managing
- to
- be
- informative
- and
- attentive
- to
- the
- major
- personalities
- associated
- with
- the
- most
- important
- cave
- explorations
- of
- the
- last
- two
- decades.”—Kirkus Reviews**
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