Dead Lucky: Life After Death On Mount Everest Hardcover - 2007
by Hall, Lincoln
The amazing story of Australian mountain climberLincoln Hall's rescue following a night spent near thesummit of Mount Everest, where he had been left fordead by the other members of his expedition.
Lincoln Hall likes to say that on the evening of May 25,2006, he died on Everest. Indeed, he attempted to climbthe mountain during a deadly season in which elevenpeople perished. And Hall, in fact, was pronounced dead, aftercollapsing from altitude sickness. Two Sherpas spent hours tryingto revive him, but, as darkness fell, word came via radio fromthe exhibition's leader that the Sherpas should descend themountain in order to save themselves.
The news of Lincoln Hall's death traveled rapidly frommountaineering websites to news media around the world, andultimately to his family back in Australia. Early the next morning,however, an American guide, climbing with two clients anda Sherpa, was startled to find Hall, sitting cross-legged on thesummit ridge, just staring at them.
As featured in the Emmy-nominated Dateline NBC documentary'Miracle on Mount Everest,' Dead Lucky is LincolnHall's account of this miraculous night atop Everest and thedays and nights that led up to and followed this fascinatingexpedition. Hall had been part of Australia's first attempt toclimb to the top of the mountain in 1984, but, he had not doneany serious climbing for many years, having set aside his passionin order to support his family. Hall was forced to turn back dueto illness in 1984 so his triumph in reaching the summit at theage of fifty is a story unto itself. Not since Into Thin Air has therebeen such a thrilling Everest story. Dead Lucky is a page-turnerfrom beginning to end.
Description
New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher. Hardcover. 2007. 3rd Printing. 8vo 309pp . Fine in Fine DJ. Color Photographs. Hall was declared dead after collapsing from altitude sickness but was found alive early the next morning sitting cross-legged on a sharp crest of the summit ridge .
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Details
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Title
Dead Lucky: Life After Death On Mount Everest
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Author
Hall, Lincoln
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Binding
Hardcover
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Edition
3rd Printing
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Condition
Used - Fine in Fine DJ
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Pages
309
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher, New York
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Date
2007
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Illustrated
Yes
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Bookseller's Inventory #
031916
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ISBN
9781585426461 / 1585426466
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Weight
1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
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Dimensions
9.19 x 6.34 x 1.13 in (23.34 x 16.10 x 2.87 cm)
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Ages
18 to UP years
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Grade levels
13 - UP
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Library of Congress subjects
Mountaineering - Everest, Mount (China and, Mountaineering accidents - Everest, Mount
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Library of Congress Catalog Number
2008006676
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Dewey Decimal Code
B
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Summary
You may recall the riveting Emmy-nominated Dateline documentary about Lincoln Hall, the 50-year-old veteran mountain climber who miraculously survived a night out in the open without oxygen in Mt. Everest's “death zone” after being left for dead by members of his expedition. Hall's survival made headlines around the world, but aside from an exclusive interview with Dateline and the Today Show, Hall has remained quiet about his experience. Now, for the first time, Lincoln shares his own account of what happened during those twilight hours in the “death zone” and the events that preceded and followed that fateful night in DEAD LUCKY: Life After Death on Mount Everest. Lincoln Hall likes to say that on the evening of May 25, 2006 he died on Everest. Indeed, Hall attempted to climb the mountain during a deadly season in which eleven people perished. And Hall, in fact, was pronounced dead, after collapsing from cerebral oedema (also known as “altitude sickness”) shortly after reaching the summit. Two sherpas spent hours trying to revive him but, as darkness fell, the expedition's leader ordered via radio that the sherpas should descend in order to save themselves. Hall was pronounced dead and the news of his death traveled rapidly from mountaineering websites to news media around the world, and ultimately to Hall's wife and two sons back in Australia. Early the next morning, an American guide climbing with two clients and a Sherpa was startled to find Hall sitting cross-legged on a sharp crest of the summit ridge just staring at them. Not only is Hall's story amazing, his writing is too. A bestseller in Australia, Dead Lucky has been called “gripping” (The Sun Herald), “compelling” (The Sunday Telegraph), “vivid…incredible, educational, spiritual, and entertaining” (Independent Weekly), and “inspirational” (Outdoor Australia Magazine). As a sign of its caliber, the Australian edition of Dead Lucky was awarded a Special Jury Mention at the Banff Mountain Book Festival in November 07.
From the publisher
Originally published in Australia by Random House in 2007; published simultaneously in Canada.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [ 277]-281) and index.
Media reviews
'In May 2006 on Mt. Everest, veteran climber Hall was left for dead because, to his fellow climbers, he appeared to have died. But the following morning, members of another expedition found him, sitting on a rock and very much alive. Hall's story made headlines around the world not too many dead men walk down off the tallest mountain in the world and now Hall, the author of seven previous climbing-themed books, tells us the full story. It is a remarkable account. Hall's ordeal is the stuff of nightmares: collapsing from altitude sickness, slipping into unconsciousness, waking up all alone at the top of the world, left behind as though he were a corpse. As a storyteller, Hall has a tough job: to convey to the reader what was going on inside his head as he slipped in and out of hallucination until the line between fantasy and reality was so blurred as to be nonexistent. He does this with a grace and sense of drama that befit a novel: we feel we're there with him, seeing and hearing things that can't possibly be real. There have been a great many Everest-themed books lately, but this one stands alone, the first-person account of a climber's journey into, and back out of, death itself.'
--Booklist (starred review)
'A gripping, almost unbelievable story of survival.'
The Sun-Herald
'A compelling story that explores the outer reaches of humanstrength, endurance and endeavour.'
The Sunday Telegraph
'A powerful account.'
Illawarra Mercury
'An incredible, educational spiritual and entertaining book.'
Independent Weekly
'An inspirational tale.'
Outdoor Australia magazine
About the author
Lincoln Hall is one of Australia's best known mountaineers, with a climbing career that spans three decades, most notably in the Himalaya, Antarctica and the Andes. He had a key role in the first Australian ascent of Mount Everest in 1984, and his account of that expedition, "White Limbo," became a bestseller. Hall's second book was "The Loneliest Mountain," the story of a journey to Antarctica in a small yacht and the first ascent of Mount Minto. His only published work of fiction is "Blood on the Lotus," an historical novel set in Nepal and Tibet. "Fear No Boundary" is Hall's biography of his friend Sue Fear, who died mountaineering in the Himalaya while Hall was on Mount Everest in 2006. He has worked as a trekking guide, has edited adventure magazines, and is a director of the Australian Himalayan Foundation. Hall was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1987 for his services to mountaineering. He lives with his wife, Barbara Scanlan, and their two teenage sons, Dylan and Dorje, in Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
