| **News and Events: Nov. 6: In the Grip of Avalanches |
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| Thu, November 3, 2005 09:09 AM |
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Here's a very timely event that we thought you all might be interested in. Jill Fredston, author of "Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches" (Harcourt) will present excerpts from her book and a slide show at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park. Here's the information on the event.
Jill Fredston: In the Grip of Avalanches
Time: Sunday, November 6, 2005 5:30 PM
Location: Third Place Books - Lake Forest Park
While an avalanche is every hiker and skiers worst nightmare, Jill Fredston stalked these potentially - fatal forces of nature and presents a slide show illustrating a panorama of perspectives: a skier making what may prove his final decision, a victim buried so tightly that he can't move a finger, rescuers racing both time and weather, forecasters treading the line between reasonable risk and danger.
And here's what they say about the book:
Every year around the globe, people cross paths with avalanches-some massive, some no deeper than a pizza box-often with deadly results. Avalanche expert Jill Fredston stalks these so-called freaks of nature, forecasting where and when they will strike, deliberately triggering them with explosives, teaching potential victims how to stay alive, and leading rescue efforts when tragedy strikes.
Having spent decades trying to keep avalanches and people apart, Fredston brings them together unforgettably in Snowstruck. From a rare store of personal experience, she conveys a panorama of perspectives: a skier making what may prove his final decision, a victim buried so tightly that he can't move a finger, rescuers racing both time and weather, forecasters treading the line between reasonable risk and danger. Seamlessly interweaving these accounts, Fredston brings to life the awesome forces of nature that can turn the mountains deadly-and the equally inexorable forces of human nature that lure us time and again into treacherous terrain.
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