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 enlarge | Author: Bob Madgic
Publisher: Burford Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 205047
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1580801420
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781580801423
ASIN: 1580801420
Publication Date: March 25, 2007
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Condition: Ships immediately! Perfect and New! 2007 Paperback.
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 Bought 5 copies: 4 to give as gifts and 1 to keep. September 16, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
What a great "read"! Bob Madgic writes a gripping account of a day filled with tragedies and courage. I learned a lot from his thorough research. It's like three books in one: an adventure story, a guide for conducting yourself during a backcountry medical emergency and a valuable reference source on a subject (lightening) about which sound practical information is hard to come by. My stomach was tied up in knots as the intertwining events unfolded. So far, the 7 people that we have either given or lent the book to (all have been to Yosemite) have really connected with the story and are enthusiastically recommending it to other people. My two sons (teenager/young adult) couldn't put it down and they are not avid readers.
Responding to Mountain Goddess' review September 10, 2005
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
As a key participant in this event, I am saddened that you would give the book such a bad review based on your desires to be mentioned. You did not give your real name on the review, nor the full name of the person we only knew as "Brutus". To my knowledge, there is no record of you contacting the rangers, nor did any of us who were there meet or talk with you. Mr. Madgic tried very hard to find Renee Miller for several years, unsuccessfully, to get her story.
If you did, in fact, help in any way that night, those of us who were on top thank you for your efforts. It was an intense experience for all of us and, thanks to the years of effort writing this book by Mr. Madgic, it is now recorded in a beautiful, TRUTHFUL, and FACTUAL way.
Again, I am sorry you feel left out after all of these years.
Linda Crozier Ghilarducci (Hoog Party)
 Couldn't put it down, but needs better photos September 8, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I enjoyed reading Shattered Air, the account of hikers and their encounters with a terrifying electrical storm atop Yosemite's Half Dome. The story is told very well, and having done the half dome hike several times myself,I couldn't leave the book alone until I finished it. Since it is a true story, there is a section of photographs, but I was disappointed in the photo quality, and not every character was represented. Some newspaper clippings could have been included in the photo section.
All in all, reading the book was an adventure, and I will recommend it to anyone interested in hiking Yosemite.
Helps to Explain Mountain Climbing a Little Bit September 1, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Half Dome is just about the prettiest mountain in the world. I've seen it from several angles, including overhead from a plane on an absolutely gorgeous day. I've never really had the urge to go walking up that vertical face. In fact I've often wondered just what it was that drove climbers to challenge the rock, to challenge themselves.
Mr. Madgic calls the two principal climbers reckless. But he also explains that this was a typical decision that they would make as a way to conquer their own fears.
I was left with several feelings. One is that their actions really caused a great deal of risk and effort on the part of the rescue people. Their own foolishness is one thing, but to cause others to be at risk is quite another. Two, any remote desire that I might have had to climb half dome is totally erased. I'll just look at it from a distance.
As for the book itself. It is well written, it reads almost like a mystery novel. You are wondering just what's going to happen to these people. If it is evening while you're up to the lightening strike, put the book down right then. Otherwise you'll be up later than you planned.
 This is not a true account of July 27 , 1985 lightning strike. August 25, 2005
5 out of 18 found this review helpful
This account of the events on July 27 1985 is far from a true account. As a key participant in the rescue of the two survivors of the lightning strike I was amazed that my actions and those of my friends were not mentioned in the book. My group warned Adrian Esteban and his friends about the approaching storm , they disregarded our warnings.Rene Miller and 'Brutus' were part of our group camped on the shoulder of Half Dome that night.
As they attended to the injured on top , Winston A. and myself ran down to Little Yosemite Valley for help. We were successful and ran back up with Colin Campbell and a member of the trail crew all the while passing back and forth oxygen tanks.
I guess over the course of 20 years a story as dramatic as this one can be exagerrated , embellished and change into something entirely different.
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