Mountain Survival

An accurate and personal record from one of America's first breed of mountain men, giving a detailed description of many the lands he passed through and the habits and character of the various tribes encountered.

This is my story of survival during and after Hurricane Helene in Burnsville, North Carolina. It was a time when there was no power, water, cell phones, or outside communication at all. We were trapped in a seven-mile radius. All the roads to leave were destroyed.

A sapphic romance thriller unfolds against the backdrop of a remote, snowbound town during an unrelenting winter storm. Olivia Conners has just severed ties with Chief of Police Nick Whitmore, culminating in the retrieval of her last belongings from their mountain cabin. In the midst of her departure down a twisting, snow-covered road, an encroaching blizzard becomes a blinding whiteout. Her car crashes, colliding with Riley Bennett - the woman Olivia has secretly admired for so long. Stranded and left with no options, they take refuge in Olivia's cabin. As the storm rages outside, tensions...

THE SECOND BOOK of a TERRIFIC MOUNTAIN MAN ADVENTURE SERIES from D. M. HAGGARD! "WESTWARD" When famed scout Kit Carson is wounded in an Apache ambush, it falls to Buck Jackson to take over the expedition they’ve been leading from Colorado to California. Buck and his companions face numerous perils and wonders along their sixteen-hundred-mile journey. Their encounters with First Nations people whose trust Buck must win in order to safely cross their lands is memorable. Once his trek is complete, Buck wants nothing more than to return to his mountain cabin in the Rockies, but when he ...

The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2 chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak, Annapurna in the Himalaya, while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made -- or attempted – the ascent, and what these exploits teach us about facing life's greatest challenges.

After a plane is forced to make an emergency landing in a remote area, the surviving crew and passengers must wait until a rescue team arrives. But they soon discover they are not alone in the wilderness, and the rescue team is not showing up anytime soon.

Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team to Chile had crashed deep in the Andes, killing many of his teammates, his mother, and his sister. Stranded with the few remaining survivors on a lifeless glacier and thinking constantly of his father’s grief, Parrado resolved that he could not simply wait to die. So Parrado, an ordinary young man with no particular disposition for leadership or heroism, led an expedition up the treacherous slopes of a snowcapped mountain and across forty-five miles of frozen wilderness.

A billionaire with dubious intentions. An expedition gone wrong. And a terrifying discovery 100,000 years in the making. Never wake a sleeping giant.

On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping them at nearly 20,000 feet. It was the largest earthquake in Nepal in 81 years and killed about 8,900 people. That day also became the deadliest in the history of Everest, with 18 people losing their lives on the mountain.

The Seventh Taking is the chilling tale of a young man’s journey through harsh mountain country in his search for the girl he loves and the two friends who dare to brave the dangerous elements - both human and natural - to support a friend. When Joy Vincent disappears in the Blue Summit Mountains of Tennessee while vacationing with her family, park rangers begin an intensive search for the Louisiana high-school junior. Seven weeks later, the search is abandoned, and authorities conclude that Joy voluntarily ran away because of a fight with her father.

FOURTH ADVENTURE IN THE 2nd EDITION OF CODY DAKOTA MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES BY D. M. HAGGARD! Cody returns to Colorado to find his cabin occupied by the Michaels family. Pioneers who moved into what they thought was an abandoned cabin. He doesn't have the heart to throw them out of his home, so he and David Michaels build a new cabin nearby for Cody to live in. Together, they face the hazards of life in the Rockies -- brutal winter storms, killing cold, marauding bears and the occasional outlaw. An assault by two rogue Ferguson brothers, leaves Cody with a small fortune in ill-gotten gains. ...

ANOTHER GREAT BOOK BY AUTHOR D. M. HAGGARD. THIS IS THE SIXTH IN THE MOUNTAIN MAN ADVENTURE SERIES AND IS A SECOND EDITION! Cody Dakota's lengthy journey into the turquoise lakes of Western Canadian Rockies is everything he hope for - but summer is waning and autumn is quickly bringing colder winter weather just around the bend. Cody plans on visiting an important person in his life, Jamie Sutter, daughter of John Sutter who discovered gold in California. Cheated by unscrupulous people of her rightful earnings from her father's claim, Cody teams up with Jamie to regain what belongs to her. ...

THE FOURTH BOOK of a TERRIFIC MOUNTAIN MAN ADVENTURE SERIES from D. M. HAGGARD! Soon after the Mountain Man Rendezvous, Buck accepts an invitation from the famous explorer, Jim Bridger, to travel with him to the Yellowstone River region, a place of miracles. Their trip through the territories of Wyoming and Montana is full of wonders as promised , but also brings the normal perils that a mountain man faces each day. A grizzly attack and violent snow storm threatens to trap them and their livestock in the mountains for the winter. Bridger and Cody part ways while Cody nurses his mule, Black ...

This is the third book in the Buck Jackson - Mountain Man series from the internationally well-known Western adventure author, D. M. Haggard. Grab your copy of Rendezvous today! Mountain man Buck Jackson is alone again after finding squatters in his Colorado cabin - pretty Donna Wheeler and her children, pioneers headed for California but were left behind by their wagon train. After the Wheelers' departure for their family's ranch in Kansas, Buck sets out to find his old fur-trapping partner, Kit Carson. Kit was badly wounded in an ambush near the Colorado border and Buck doesn't know if ...

#5 - SURVIVAL is the fifth book in the exciting Mountain Man series from D. M. Haggard. Fresh off a trek to Utah, Cody decides it's high time he traveled up north. He's spent time in Montana and Wyoming, but never ventured into Canada or experienced the Canadian Rockies where glaciers carved vast lakes with water so blue they'd hurt your eyes. His route from Colorado takes him through Wyoming, including the yellow stone region with its hot springs and other natural wonders. He's been there once before, and always promised himself he'd come back someday. He hadn't planned on company on this ...

Joey’s quick decision to dive into the back of Mr. Irving’s helicopter was insane. Hidden from view, he’s an eyewitness to his two best friends being forced inside. When he and Mattie get left behind on the Island, pirates attack. Could Joey mastermind an escape? Would he and his friends be found by the pirates? Or spend their final days alone on Mr. Irving's secluded island? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Growing up with a violent stepdad, Joey was wise beyond his years. Making quick decisions to ...

The past years have proven just how uncertain the future can be. In this context, knowing that your family’s basic needs are covered is always a good strategy to make sure you can take care of your loved ones even during a crisis. But what are the steps you must take to make sure you have the basic products needed to survive for a few days and even weeks? What kind of food should you buy? This book tries to answer all these questions and teach you the right approach to building an emergency food pantry. Through the pages, you can discover where to start, what types of food last longer, ...

Acclaimed writer David Smart illuminates the fascinating life of Royal Robbins—in all its soulful ambition, rivalry, and romance. Royal Robbins chronicles his early years growing up as a latchkey kid in Southern California, the push and pull between being an aspiring banker or one of the original Camp 4 dirtbags, and his later decades as a father, husband, kayaker, and the trailblazing founder of the outdoor apparel company that bears his name.

In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: He will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit — completely alone.

Outdoor journalist James Edward Mills's book The Adventure Gap is a groundbreaking volume that is equal parts adventure story, history, and inspiration as it chronicles the first American all-Black summit attempt on Denali in 2013. Mills uses this momentous expedition as a jumping-off point to explore diversity in the outdoors, from Mathew Henson who stood at the North Pole in 1909 to contemporary adventurers such as polar explorer Barbara Hillary and rock climber Kai Lightner.