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From the creator of A Wall of White, the thrilling account of a spectacular mountain rescue after six climbers are struck by lightning.
FIVE INJURED CLIMBERS. TEN SEASONED RANGERS. ONE IMPOSSIBLE RESCUE.
On the afternoon of July 26, 2003, six vacationing mountain climbers ascended the peak of the Grand Teton in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Rain and colliding air currents blew in, and soon an enormous electrical charge started to build. As the group started to retreat from its location, a colossal lightning bolt struck and pounded through the body of each and every climber. Some of the six died in an instant, one lay critically injured next to her body, and four dangled perilously into the chasm below. In riveting, page-turning prose, veteran journalist Jennifer Woodlief tells the story of the climb, the arrival of the storm, and the unprecedented rescue by the Jenny Lake Rangers, probably the most experienced mountaineering search-and-rescue teams in the country.
Against the dramatic landscape of the Teton Range, Woodlief brings to life the grueling task of the rangers, a band of colorful characters who tackle Some of the riskiest, most physically demanding jobs on the planet. By turns terrifying and exhilarating, A Bolt from the Blue is both a testament to human courage and an astonishing journey into certainly one of history’s most dangerous mountain rescues.