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The Kindest Cut
Оглавление| JOE SIMPSON’S LEG WAS ALREADY HIDEOUSLY BROKEN WHEN HE FELL DOWN A MOUNTAIN CREVASSE AND HIS CLIMBING PARTNER LEFT HIM FOR DEAD. BUT SOMEHOW HE CLIMBED OUT OF HIS ICY TOMB AND CRAWLED FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER TO REACH CAMP ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE HIS FRIENDS WERE DUE TO LEAVE. |
| DATE: 1985 SITUATION: CLIMBING ACCIDENT CONDITION OF CONFINEMENT: STRANDED ON AN ANDEAN PEAK IN A STORM, ONE CLIMBER WITH A BROKEN LEG DURATION OF CONFINEMENT: 3 DAYS MEANS OF ESCAPE: CRAWLING/CLIMBING TO SAFETY NO. OF ESCAPEES: 2 DANGERS: DEHYDRATION, FALLING TO DEATH, HYPOTHERMIA, STARVATION EQUIPMENT: CLIMBING EQUIPMENT |
