Woodlief, Jennifer

On the afternoon of July 26, 2003, six vacationing mountain climbers were approaching the peak of the Grand Teton mountain in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Rain and weather conditions combined to build a massive electrical charge. A colossal lightning bolt struck each climber. One of the six died instantly, one lay critically injured, and four dangled perilously into the chasm below.

Tells the story of the March 31, 1982 avalanche that hit the Alpine Meadows ski resort near Lake Tahoe, California, and the rescue of a twenty-two-year-old woman who was trapped for five days.