Salvation on the Summit

By David B. Smith

They call it the "Death Zone" - 26,000 feet high, close to the roof of the world, where the planet's rotation causes 140 mph winds. What makes alpine climbers risk fortunes and even their lives in order to stand for five minutes on the world's highest peak? Mount Everest is also the wind-swept battlefield for personality conflicts, the unfolding of ego-driven dramas, and the sometimes unheralded stories of courage and sacrifice as one climber lays down his life for another. Author David B. Smith focuses on the tragic climbing season of 1996, as told by bestselling author Jon Krakauer, to unpack spiritual lessons and glimpses of a heavenly kingdom so close to the stars above our world's Third Pole. Now a college math professor, Smith is also the author of the Bucky Stone Christian sports adventure series and the biography, "Finding Waldo."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1548891649
• ISBN13: 9781548891640
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.0"