Over the Edge: The True Story of Four American Climbers' Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia (Abridged)

“The climbers swept up in the events of August 2000 are people little different from the rest of us. Though their climbing skills taught them a thing or two about survival, it was their individual characters and their compassion for one another that kept them alive. Like anyone who has witnessed warfare and death, they feel pain over the memories that they recount in this story. It is their hope that others may learn from their experience.” -from the Introduction

Before dawn on August 12, 20...