Pretty much the story of how one alpha male beat other alpha males in discovering the deepest cave on Earth. Some of the story is fascinating. The author offers a glimpse not only into the lives of cavers and the challenges they face in plumbing a cave, but also the logistics involved in planning a cave expedition. The logistics can be tricky in a simple exploration, but when the author covers the necessities required for a long (think weeks) exploration, the numbers are staggering. Just the poundage of rope required took my breath away. And the description of the privations endured by a single night's stay in a cave was enough to convince me never to go on a single cave expedition. Like the book i read on life in space, this book covered aspects of cave life to an amazing level of detail. The reader was professional, but too stiff for my taste. The whole time, it sounded like he was reading for a movie commercial or for a radio spot.
audio: 10 hours
print: 304 pages
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