Tabor, James M

Two great scientist-explorers attempted to find the deepest cave in existence. They explored Huautla in 1994, Cheve in 2003, and then formed the Call of the Abyss Krubera Expedition in 2004. And on October 18, 2004, they reached the bottom of the world at 6,825 feet deep. Cavers know that the excitement of going where no human has been before is tempered by the physical and mental exhaustion of constant darkness and realizing that accidents happen. There is always the possibility of becoming lost, injured, killed, and dying a slow, lingering death alone because no one can find you.

Burned by her own government in a trumped-up scandal, Hallie Leland said she would never return to the world of espionage and its dangerous secrets. But she is unable to resist a shocking summons from the White House. A mysterious epidemic is killing American soldiers overseas and is posed for an outbreak in the United States. The only organism that works as an antidote can be found in only one cave in Mexico. Can Hallie survive drug cartels, federal agents and the normal terrors of caving such as flooded tunnels, chasms, and mind-warping blackness?.

"A brilliant and dangerous group of scientists are determined to save the world from the perils of overpopulation by releasing into the world a brutal virus. Having just arrived at the research station at the earth's southernmost tip, returning hero Hallie Leland has seven days to stop them from putting their plan into action"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the events surrounding a 1967 expedition in which twelve men became trapped at 20,000 feet on Alaska's Mount McKinley and the controversial decision not to undertake a rescue mission until it was too late.

James M. Tabor chronicles the adventurous efforts of two scientists who attempted to discover the deepest cave on the planet and recounts the experiences of American Bill Stone, who explored southern Mexico's Cheve Cave, and Ukrainian Alexander Klimchouk, who explored the Republic of Georgia's Krubera.

Documents the 2004 race between American and Russian scientists to dive to the planet's deepest spot, profiling each nation's team and expedition leaders while explaining how both sides were ultimately victorious.