Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Dome

On the evening of July 27, 1985, five hikers made the fateful choice to hike to the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, even as the sky darkened and thunder rolled. By night's end, two would be dead from a lightning strike, three gravely wounded, and desperate EMT's would be overseeing a harrowing post-midnight helicopter rescue.

Shattered Air is a haunting account of recklessness, tragedy, courage and rescue, a book whose depiction of Nature's fearsome power is tempered by unforgettable portraits of human courage and the will to survive.