Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave
by William Stone, Barbara am Ende, Monte Paulsen
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Author: Barbara am Ende, Monte Paulsen, William StoneEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-07
ISBN: 0446527092
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Book Reviews of Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave
Book Review: Awesome story...flawed presentation
Summary: 4 Stars
I still recommend this book highly. The story of these explorers is simply amazing. As someone who is very very claustrophobic (my worst fear is being stuck in some confined space), I have to be an "armchair" explorer, and this book makes you confront these fears. In the end it's very rewarding.
The book's only flaw is the "reconstructed" dialogue. I don't know who recommended the author(s) adopt this format, because it is really awkward in places. The narrative of, say, a Jon Krakauer book or a Simon Winchester book is much, much more effective than a lot of the bogus, even boring dialogue that comes across here. There are a lot of characters the author(s) and the readers have to deal with, so perhaps giving most of them "voices" was thought of as the best way to do it, but after a while it gets a little tiring and actually disrupts the build-up of the action.
Still, it's an awesome story of exploration and what drives us to keep pushing the limits.
Summary of Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave
The Huautla Caves system in Mexico has long been the "Holy Grail" of cavers. Fighting floods, cave-ins and Mazatec Indians who believe the caves are holy, caving teams have competed every year to be the first to prove the cave's depth. No-one has gone further than Bill Stone, the world's foremost caver, whose 20-year obsession nearly ended in disaster. He first explored Huautla in 1976 during the frontier days of caving. Over the next 15 years he stayed at the top, inventing clothing and equipment to help in his obsession. Finally, in 1994, after years of preparation, Stone and his 44-member team entered the Sotano de San Augustin sinkhole at Huautla. It was the beginning of a journey that would untimately claim the life of one diver and force every member of the team back - except Bill Stone and team member Barbara am Ende, who forged on alone, with no hope of rescue, to set the record for the deepest cave dive in the Western Hemisphere.Adventurers & Explorers Books
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