Blind Descent : The Quest to Discover the Deepest Cave on Earth (Paperback)

from msf59

Total darkness is scary, or at the very least unsettling. Now add arduous climbing and repelling, scuba diving in pitch-black sumps, slippery surfaces, hypothermia, deafening waterfalls, claustrophobia and mind-numbing fear. Not only is this hilarity measured in hours, but also in days and someti...

from WillowOne

Blind Descent is about two men and their quests to find, explore and map a supercave that ends up being the deepest place on earth. For centuries man and woman have explored our planet and others. They have looked and found the longest, shortest, widest and a variety of other things. The special ...

from MarcusH

Tabor tells two stories that share a common goal: find the world's deepest cave. The story begins with Bill Stone, an American speleologist who commits his life to establishing a cave system in Mexico as the deepest cave in the world. Stone's story focuses on the struggles of leading the expediti...

from JohnHastie

Strong narrative non-fiction a la SHADOW DIVERS that follows the exploits of the world's top two "supercavers"... the folks who risk, life, limb, and reputation to find the deepest caves. The dangers of this endeavor are myriad and terrifyingly laid out and the folks who do it are equal parts bon...

from joannemepham29

I know nothing about caving, and nothing about being adventurous, bit I loved this viewpoint into a world I will never be able to witness otherwise. Very well told by the author in such a way I felt like I was reading suspenseful fiction, where I kept turning the pages. It did nothing for my spid...