Rescue: Stories of Survival From Land and Sea

A strange audiobook collection. Mostly mountaineering, but also a water rescue and arctic sea rescue. Essentially, a great motivator to prevent one from ever going to inhospitable and cold locations. The section from Wind in the Willows threw me off. I thought the file I downloaded from the library......more

As a collection of different stories from different authors, I found myself enjoying the writing and storytelling style of some and less so others. All had the same theme of rescues in the great outdoors. Was nice to have the feel of short stories.......more

The "Adrenaline Series" of audiobooks has been wonderful - thrilling stories told by those who lived through them. Some of the stories in this series, especially those about making mountain rescues, had me riveted, as I am especially interested in mountaineering and love books about the conquest of......more

Like others in this series, an interesting,quick read of the best parts of other rescue adventure stories. Remarkable what humans can survive.......more

Some stories better than others but Wind in the Willows? Really?......more