Holding Fast: The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy by Karen James
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- Pub. Date: November 2008
- 256pp
- Sales Rank: 259,439
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: November 2008
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Format: Hardcover, 256pp
- Sales Rank: 259,439
- ISBN-13: 9781595551757
- ISBN: 1595551751
Synopsis
In December 2006, millions of people across the world prayed and waited in anguish to learn the fate of 3 climbers trapped on Mt. Hood. The worst storm in the last decade was pounding the mountain with hurricane-force winds that would not permit the army of rescue workers to do their work. No one below could forget the last phone call Kelly James placed to his wife, telling her that he was trapped in a snow cave just below the summit. What happened next would change the lives of everyone involved and deeply touch millions of people who desperately hoped to see a Christmas miracle.
For more than a week, the search dominated the news as family members huddled below, praying for the climbers' safe return. But the story did not end when Kelly James's body was airlifted off the mountain and the cameras stopped rolling. For Karen, the year after Kelly's death was spent searching for answers to what really happened on the mountain. In this journey of adventure, tragedy, love and loss, she reveals never-released information about the fateful climb and behind-the-scenes details of how the family coped with the shocking news.
Learn what Kelly's last messages to his family were on the cell phone found with him in the snow cave Includes a map of the climbers' route on Mt. Hood See never-before-published photos from Kelly James's camera retrieved off the mountain
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It's not about the climbby dave61
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November 16, 2009: Like Lance armstrongs first book (not about the bike), this book is of interest to climbers but the story is about relationships, love, family and finding strength to perservere. I am more into climbing books than inspirational or faith books but this one is a stellar book. Climbers will like it but so woudl many who simply like a good story about love, faith and relationships with adventure mixed in. Also for those who follwed the news story and want to hear...the rest of the story. Thank you Karen for sharing the difficult story.
I Also Recommend: No Shortcuts to the Top.
A book with take home valueby SharonALavy
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February 09, 2009:
I look for the relationship angle in any book I read. This was an inspirational read. A book with take home value.
Kelly was Karen's prince charming, and he lead her to God by the sheer strength of his own faith. Karen wanted what Kelly had. He had mended her broken dreams, and she wanted to live the rest of her life with him.
I read the book and learned how much goes into planning a mountain climb. I gained a little more insite on how climbing can get into a man's blood. Sort of like my own husbands love of flying a small plane. It becomes part of who the man is and a wise woman knows this. The thing that helped Kelly refuse to give up the search was her knowledge of her man. How careful he was. His keen planning ability. Knowing that he was not reckless.
As I took the journey with her I could relate to her fears, her hopes, her despair. Her growing friendship with two other women whose husbands were also missing on that mountain ~~ the ups and downs of the search. I could not put the book down.
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