Shook, Jennifer Hull
Shook, Jennifer Hull
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Shook
An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

Author: Jennifer Hull

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 6 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/23/2021

Synopsis

Dave Hahn, a local of Taos, New Mexico, is a legendary figure in mountaineering. Elite members of the climbing community have likened him to the Michael Jordan, Cal Ripkin, or Michael Phelps of the climbing world. The 2015 expedition he would lead came just one short year after the notorious Khumbu Icefall avalanche claimed the lives of sixteen Sherpas. Dave and his team—Sherpa sirdar Chhering Dorjee, assistant guide JJ Justman, base-camp manager Mark Tucker, and the eight clients who had trained for the privilege to attempt to summit with Dave Hahn—spent weeks honing the techniques that would help keep them alive through the Icefall and the Death Zone. None of this could have prepared them for the earthquake that shook Everest and all of their lives on the morning of April 25, 2015. Shook tells their story of resilience, nerve, and survival on the deadliest day on Everest.

About Jennifer Hull

Jennifer Hull is a New Mexico-based writer, a former middle school teacher, and a former adjunct professor at University of New Mexico-Taos.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Angie

I’ll be honest – this book was written by a dear long time friend and fellow bookclub sister about a local Taos legend in an extremely interesting setting. Of course I’m going to read it. Here it is though – it so riveting and completely beautifully written with honor and integrity about our legend b......more

Goodreads review by Marsha

This is the second of two books I've read on the 2015 Nepali earthquake as told by someone who survived at Camp 2 while Base Camp was hit by an avalanche (the other is Jim Davidson's "The Next Everest"). That part was actually a bit rushed, as most of the detail is about the trip until that point. I......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

Solid Coverage of Everest Culture Was looking for more context on the 2015 Nepali earthquake from the perspective of those on Everest and this was a good resource for that. Well written and from the perspectives of those who had a say in what was actually happening, it gave really good context and w......more

Goodreads review by Maria

I can never say no to a nonfiction Everest book. Pretty sure I have read them all. I am also pretty sure that as I finish each one, I again remind myself that I have no desire to climb Everest. Because it sounds awful, not because I am not in shape enough…......more

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