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    Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 522min
    No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's notorious Devils Thumb. In Pakistan, the fearsome K2 kills 13 of the world's most experienced mountain climbers in one horrific summer. In Valdez, Alaska, two men scale a frozen waterfall over a 400-foot drop. In France, a hip international crowd of rock climbers, bungee jumpers, and paragliders figure out new ways to risk their lives on the towering peaks of Mont Blanc. Why do they do it? How do they do it? In this extraordinary book, Krakauer presents an unusual fraternity of daredevils, athletes, and misfits stretching the limits of the possible. From the paranoid confines of a snowbound tent to the thunderous, suffocating terror of a whiteout on Mount McKinley, Eiger Dreams spins tales of driven lives, sudden deaths, and incredible victories. This is a stirring, vivid book about one of the most compelling and dangerous of all human pursuits. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Philip Franklin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005381/bk_rand_005381_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Lenßen & Partner Staffel 6 Folge 124
    Eine Wahrsagerin hat Christian Storm den baldigen Tod in den Bergen prophezeit. Der Ermittler sieht dies mit Humor, bis aus der Vision tödlicher Ernst zu werden droht: Eine kriminelle Stalkerin hat den Schirm eines Paragliders manipuliert. Um ihn zu schützen, begibt sich der Ermittler in die Lüfte und damit in Lebensgefahr.
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    Das Survival-Duo: Zwei Männer, ein Ziel Staffel 3 Folge 3
    Die Atacama Wüste im Norden Chiles ist eine gottverlassene, karge Landschaft, die den bezeichnenden Beinamen "Mars on Earth" trägt. Hier folgen Cody Lundin und Joseph Teti den Spuren eines Paragliders, der einst eine Bruchlandung auf einem der Vulkanberge hatte. Ihr Überlebens-Trip startet in knapp 4300 Meter Höhe beim Wrack des Paragliders, wo sie zwei Fallschirme, Karabinerhaken und einen leeren Wasserkanister finden. Mit diesen geringen Mitteln wollen sie den Weg zurück in die Zivilisation finden. Da die beiden ganz dringend Trinkwasser benötigen, beschließen sie, ein hohes Risiko einzugehen und sich zu trennen: Trotz Sauerstoffmangel will Joe auf über 5000 Meter klettern, um Schnee zum Schmelzen einzusammeln. Doch bei Einbruch der Nacht ist der ehemalige US-Marine noch immer nicht zurück…
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    Fatal Descent: Andreas Lubitz and the Crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 110min
    The definitive investigation into the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 and the mind of the copilot who committed the most shocking crime in aviation history. On March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed into the French Alps. All 144 passengers and six crew members were killed. In the ensuing days, a picture of the flight's harrowing final moments began to emerge. Shortly after reaching cruise altitude, a 27-year-old first officer named Andreas Lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit, took control of the plane, and deliberately caused its descent. In Fatal Descent, journalist and aviation expert Jeff Wise travels to Lubitz's hometown in Germany and pieces together a definitive and haunting portrait of the killer and the system he betrayed, revealing in heart-pounding detail how a lifelong superachiever like Lubitz could have committed such an unthinkable act, what actually happened inside the cockpit, and whether current airline regulations leave us vulnerable to similar attacks in the future. Jeff Wise is a science journalist specializing in aviation and psychology. He is the author of the best-selling Kindle Single The Plane That Wasn't There, about the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. A licensed pilot of gliders and light airplanes, he also has stick time in powered paragliders, trikes, World War II fighter planes, Soviet jet fighters, gyroplanes, and zeppelins as well as submarines, tanks, hovercraft, dog sleds, and swamp buggies. A contributing editor at Travel + Leisure magazine, he has written for New York, The New York Times, Time, Businessweek, Esquire, Details, and many others. His Popular Mechanics story on the fate of Air France 447 was named one of the Top 10 Longreads of 2011. His last book was Extreme Fear: The Science of Your Mind in Danger. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Wise. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025803/bk_adbl_025803_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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