Extreme Encounters

After reading The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, did you ever wonder what it s like to be struck by lightning? To run with the bulls in Pamplona? To ride the crushing swell of an avalanche? Extreme Encounters describes these adventures and 37 others with endlessly addictive you-are-there second-person narratives so you chill to the numbing effects of frostbite, you hear the 110-decibel roar of a grizzly bear, and you feel the stomach-lurching drop of an elevator freefall. Extreme Encounters is a moment-by-moment, blow-by-blow account of what happens to you physically, emotionally, and scientifically during life s most perilous experiences. Like a cross between The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook and Into Thin Air, these heart-racing stories take readers where few have gone before.Executive Producer: Orli Moscowitz
Producer: David Rapkin
Original jacket concept and design: Bryn Ashburn
©2002 by Quirk Productions, Inc.
(P)2002 Random House, Inc.

Terrific!

This book is great! Would definitely recommend this one to anyone who’s ever wondered what it’s like to be mauled by a grizzly bear, trapped in quicksand, buried alive, struck by lightning, etc.

Short, but interesting

There's a lot of encounters packed into this audio book. Most of them are shorter than 8 minutes in length. The down side is that nothing is explained in massive detail, but the upshot is that you get the point and are able to cover more ground.

The reading wasn't too bad, and overall I enjoyed listening to it. I caught myself squirming in my seat a few times.

Don't waste your money

Could this concept have been really interesting if written by another author? Until that happens we won't know. Skip this one.