The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible

An interesting book discussing how people at the very edge of death often sense an unseen presence beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive. Studies include the experiences of Ann Bancroft, Hermann Buhl, Greg Child, Parash Das, Kurt Diemberger, Peter Hillary, Reinhold Messner, Ernest Shackleton, Frank Smythe, Tony Streather, Robert Swan, Rob Taylor, Jim Wickwire, Maurice Wilson, and others. This book was a finalist at the 2010 Banff Mountain Book Festival.