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    Panic Rising: True-Life Survivor Tales from the Great Outdoors by Brett Nunn

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    • Pub. Date: September 2003
    • 232pp
    • Sales Rank: 777,301

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      • Pub. Date: September 2003
      • Publisher: Sasquatch Books
      • Format: Paperback, 232pp
      • Sales Rank: 777,301

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      The people in Panic Rising are far from the extreme sportspeople happily outrunning an avalanche or blithely bungee-jumping into the Grand Canyon. Brett Nunn tells the story of people who would never try to cheat death — a mother and daughter whose playful tobogganing down a winter hillside plunges them into the terror of a treacherous crevasse; a carefree backpacker whose world suddenly changes when he realizes he's lost in a vast wilderness; two buddies whose fun day of snowmobiling becomes a nightmare when they're suddenly pursued by an avalanche. These stories lay bare the humanity and emotions of people on the edge of disaster and remind the reader of nature’s sometimes lethal power. Based on interviews with the participants in these terrifying scenarios, along with their friends, families, and others whose lives were changed by these events, Panic Rising is filled with gripping stories of ordinary people suddenly brought to the brink of death.

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      March 07, 2009: I found the book to be just ok. The stories were good but I found myself wanting more information and more detail. The stories just seemed to scratch the surface and gave you just enough information to get the gist of the situation. Personally, the book would have been better if there were less stories and more detail on the ones left. Good book for a rainy day.

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      November 14, 2003: I bought this book for my outdoor-loving son who hikes in the Pacific Northwest, but read it myself before sending it off to him. My advice is to read a story a night (rather like the Saturday movie serials I went to as a child). Even though I knew the stories were from survivors--like the heroes in the Saturday movies--it sometimes seemed totally unlikely that the ending would be positive. Now I want to shop for a personal locator beacon device for my son.