Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Part I Climbing and Falling
1 Snow Fall 3
2 The Dawn Wall 56
3 Lost Brother 84
Part II Winning and Losing
4 On League Night, a 300 Game Lives 97
5 Perfection in the Horseshoe Pit 101
6 Where Drivers and Danger Meet 106
7 Enduring Traditions 112
8 Where Creativity Wags Its Tail 121
9 A Last Hurrah for Hollywood Park 125
10 The Lady Jaguars 137
Part III Hiding and Seeking
11 Hunting Something That Can Hunt You Back 203
12 The Most Perilous Prize 212
13 The Ultimate Pursuit 225
14 "You're Either the Hunter or the Hunted" 240
15 Deliverance from 27,000 Feet 248
Part IV Dying and Living
16 Seeing the World Beyond the Court 291
17 A Football Coach, a Tornado and a Murder 308
18 They Heard the Helicopter Go Down. Then They Prayed. 322
19 Children of the Cube 330
20 The Girl in the No. 8 Jersey 340
Acknowledgments 345
Credits 347