Extreme Encounters: How it Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences...

by Greg Emmanuel

Overview

Brace yourself.
 
If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand, or stung by a jellyfish, then fasten your seatbelt and get ready for a wild ride.
 
Extreme Encounters offers blow-by-blow accounts of life’s most dangerous experiences in thrilling “you-are-there” second person—so you chill to the numbing effects of frostbite, you hear the ear-splitting roar of a tornado, and you feel the stomach-lurching drop of an elevator freefall. Full of harrowing adventure and surprising scientific insights, Extreme Encounters is a journey you’ll never forget.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931686006
Publisher:	Quirk Publishing
Publication date:	09/13/2002
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Greg Emmanuel has written for MTV, VH1, GQ, ESPN the Magazine, Time Out New York, Stuff, and Maxim. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and tries his darnedest to avoid anything remotely resembling an extreme encounter.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	6
I	When Animals Attack
	Fire Ant Picnic	11
	Snake in the Grass	15
	Shark! Who Goes There?	19
	Maul of the Wild	22
	Swim with the Fishes	25
	Jellyfish Jamboree	29
	Pamplonaaah!	32
II	The Great Outdoors
	Hot and Bothered	37
	Ice, Ice Baby	41
	Say It Ain't Snow	45
	Drown and Out	50
	Blowin' in the Wind	54
	Sinking in Quicksand	58
	Bomb Voyage!	62
III	Somebody Get a Doctor!
	Kiss of the Defibrillator	67
	Three Days of Detox	71
	Meat Your Maker	75
	Amputation, Civil War Style	79
	Pass the Kidney Stones, Please	82
	Ebolapalooza	86
IV	Crime and Punishment
	Caught in the Crossfire	91
	Ol' Sparky	94
	Good to the Last Drop	99
	The Third Degree	102
	Six Feet Under	107
	Nineteen Days in the Hole	111
	Dancing at the End of Your Rope	116
V	Everyday Mishaps
	Express Elevator	121
	Not-so-lucky Strike	125
	Buzz Kill	129
	Acid Test	133
	Blow-Dryer in the Bathtub	137
	It's Just Gas	140
VI	Going to Extremes
	Bent Out of Shape	145
	Banel o' Laughs	149
	Major League Pain	153
	Nine Rounds of Heavyweight Boxing	157
	Shake, Rattle, and Roll Over	162
	The 12,000-Foot-High Jump	166
	Don't Forget Your Launch!	170
	Bibliography	174
	Acknowledgments	176