You are an experienced mountain climber. Your goal is to reach the top of the world's highest and most dangerous mountains. Will you attempt to: scale Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro? Climb the Matterhorn in Europe? Reach the top of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest? YOU CHOOSE what you'll do next. The choices you make will either lead you to safety - or to doom.

Your survival depends on making the right choices in key moments. Which path to take? Readers use their wits and knowledge in these nonfiction adventures, learning about survival skills in various settings and making choices that will lead to either survival or doom. Talk about narrative nonfiction

You're in the middle of one of the most unpredictable natural disasters an earthquake. No place is safe as the ground shudders, shakes, and splits. How will you survive as the world crashes around you? Will you: Experience an earthquake far from civilization in rural Alaska? Be trapped in a large U.S. city during an earthquake? Fight to survive during an earthquake in Japan and the tsunami that follows it?

You're in the middle of the ocean. The blazing sun beats down on you mercilessly. There's water everywhere but you can't drink it. How will you stay alive until help reaches you? Will you: Work to save yourself and others when your small airplane crashes at sea? Battle a fierce storm as a passenger on a chartered sailboat in the Caribbean? Try to survive alone on a small fishing boat stalled off the coast of Maine?

YOU are a soldier in the U.S. military's elite Special Forces. You have the strength, intelligence, and specialized training to perform the most dangerous, top-secret military missions. Will you: Serve as an Army Green Beret working to save a group of hostages from a desperate band of terrorists? or Be an Army Ranger planning to seize control of an airstrip deep in enemy territory? OR Join with a group of fellow Navy SEALs to capture a terrorist leader from his hiding place? Experience the life-or-death dilemmas of an elite military job. YOU CHOOSE what you'll do next. The choices you make will either lead you to safety or to doom.

"Describes the fight for survival while climbing some of the world's tallest mountains"--Provided by publisher.

You are surrounded by the vast, unforgiving landscape of the coldest place on Earth: Antarctica. Even during the summer months, bone chilling cold, raging blizzards, and treacherous ice threatens human survival. Will you join the race to be the first to reach the South Pole? Attempt to ski across the continent as part of an all-female expedition? Study Antarctic plant and animal life as a scientist at a research station? YOU CHOOSE what you'll do next. The choices you make will either lead you to safety or to doom.

You're lost amid dangerous, unseen predators after your plane crashes in the Amazon jungle. By parachuting out of the plane, you landed safely, but you are all alone with little food and water. Do you: take off in search of rescue? Build a camp and try to signal rescuers? Head towards where you believe the downed plane and your pilot may have landed? YOU CHOOSE what you'll do next. The choices you make will either lead you to safety or to doom.

Explore the elevated world of rock climbing! Readers will learn about free soloing, equipment needed, and safety measures taken for this sky-high sport. Discover other extreme climbing and how athletes practice their skills and experience thrills in nature.

* The book that launched a renaissance in climbing technique and remains relevant today * Techniques and mental skills needed to climb at a more challenging level * Illustrated with full-color photos throughout Big, high routes at the edge of a climber's ability are not the places for inventing technique or relying on old habits. Complacency can lead to fatal errors. So where does the hard-core aspirant or dreamer turn? The only master class in print, Extreme Alpinism delivers an expert dose of reality and practical techniques for advanced climbers. Focusing on how top alpine climbers approach the world's most difficult routes, Twight centers his instruction on the ethos of climbing the hardest routes with the least amount of gear and the most speed. Throughout, Twight makes it clear that the two things he refuses to compromise are safety and his climbing ethics. In addition to the extensive chapters on advanced techniques and skills, Twight also discusses mental preparedness and attitude; strength and cardiovascular training; good nutrition; and tips on equipment and clothing.