Search Results: Rescue from Bob Worth Mountain Books

Nautical, 1974. 1st ed VG in VG dw. after their yacht sank off the Galapagos, this is the account of their survival in a life-raft for 117 days before finally being found and rescued

Pelham Books, 1964. 1st ed VG in VG- dw. small format 124 pages, part instruction, part memoirs, he was honoured in both Britain and Canada for services to Mountain Rescue [Neate W44]

Simon & Schuster, 2004. 1st UK ed VG in VG dw. true story of a young climber who got his arm trapped behind a boulder while descending an easy gorge, after five days trapped he cut his own arm off below the elbow in order to escape, later made into a film "127 hours"

Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1985. 1st ed VG+ pb. very good instructional book about avalanches, specifically in the Scottish hills [Neate B54]

Macmillan (SA), 1986. 1st ed VG in VG dw (sunset dw). climbs, accidents and rescues in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa

Macmillan (SA), 1986. 1st ed VG in VG dw (blue dw). climbs, accidents and rescues in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa

Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, 1988. 1st ed VG+ pb. account of the formation of the Cairngorm MRT and some of the rescues it performed in the first 25 years

Ernest Press, 1995. 1st Eng ed VG pb. the life and times of the American alpinist Gary Hemming, includes his leading role in the rescue of the Germans trapped on the West Face of the Dru in 1966, he had previously made the first ascent of the West Face with Royal Robbins

Constable, 2009. 1st Eng ed VG+ pb. stories of mountain rescue by helicopter in the Alps

Kaye & Ward, 1973. 1st Eng ed VG in VG dw. square format, 162 pages, a useful text book on hazards in mountaineering and how to deal with them [Neate P23]

Airlife Publishing, 1995. 1st ed VG pb. a guide to aircraft hill crash sites in the UK and Ireland

Hodder & Stoughton, 1980. 1st ed VG in VG dw. in this volume MacInnes has collected Mountain Rescue stories from around the world [Neate M14]

Rodale, 2001. 1st ed VG in VG dw. the true story of a 1981 flight that crashed on McKinley, two died the other two were eventually rescued but the pilot was to lose his lower legs, 20 years later, after learning how to walk and climb again he returned and climbed McKinley

Constable, 1997 reprint. 1st ed reprint VG in VG dw. an account of the ill-fated Army expedition's descent of Low's Gully on Kinabalu, that went very wrong

Westmorland Gazette, 1987. 1st ed VG pb. true accounts of Lakeland Rescues through the years

Portrait, 2005 reprint. 2005 reprint VG pb. epic survival story from the French Alps and how he coped afterwards after losing all of his limbs through frostbite

Hayloft Publishing, 2003. 1st ed VG pb. fiction: based around a mountain rescue team in the Lake District

Robinson, 2003. 1st ed VG pb. an anthology of climbing disasters from around the world, "true accounts of rescue from the brink of death".

Sanitarium Health Food Co, 1987. 1st ed VG (twelve trade cards). Full Set of 12 coloured Trade Cards from New Zealand (each 7.5cm x 10cm) colour photo on front, text on the reverse, illustrations depict: (1) Mountain Rescue (2) High Altitude Hut (3) River Crossing (4) Igloo Shelter (5) Summit of Mt Cook (6) Bivouac (7) Rock Climbing (8) Ice Climbing (9) Traversing (10) Mountain Safety (11) Abseiling (12) Mountain Equipment

Geoffrey Bles, 1947. 1st ed VG no dw. autobiography including climbing during the war in Sonamarg in the Himalaya, it ends with his accident on Great Gable and rescue by Rusty Westmorland, which led to the foundation of the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team [Neate N37]