Last Breath

by PeterStark (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $5.88

  An exploration of what happens to our bodies and minds in the perilous last moments of life when an extreme adventure goes wrong. More and more people, so it seems, are attempting to achieve the impossible - climb unclimbable mountains, swim unfathomable seas, and cut through unimaginable jungles. And, more and more deaths and near-death experiences are filling the news. This book examines the physiological, psychological and emotional stages our bodies and minds go through at the brink of death. Covering hypothermia, drowing, altitude sickness, heat stroke, falling, deep-sea bends, maleria, dehydration and scurvy, Stark confronts and explains them all. Read about the man lost in New England's snowy woods, the woman who is hallucinates as she succumbs to a cerebral edema, and the last gasp of the foolish diver who went too deep with too little oxygen. A large part of the stories explore the euphoria and mysticism that many people experience in the final moments before their last breath.