Colorado 14er Disasters has just been released and is now available through the Big Earth website.  Fourteener mania, the phenomena characterized by a seemingly obsessive drive to summit The List of all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks, is an older tradition than many may realize. Along with intensely positive experiences in climbing is the possibility of the opposite extreme—to become stranded, severely injured, or even killed, in disturbingly easy ways. This book explores this dark side of climbing. When an accident happens on a 14er, the victim is far from help and in an environment where rescue is difficult at best. The book is full of hair-raising stories of these disasters and rescue attempts, and also aids in avoiding such disasters.

Lou Dawson reviews Colorado 14er Disasters on his Backcountry Skiing Blog.   Check it out here.

“Colorado Matters” host Ryan Warner interviews Author Mark Scott Nash
As Climbing Colorado’s tallest peaks grows in popularity, more people are injured or killed on them. Ryan Warner speaks with the Boulder author about his new book Colorado 14er Disasters.  Check out the audio file here.