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A review by skoppelkam
The Last Traverse; Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites by Ty Gagne
4.0
Ty Gagne is a New Hampshire author who writes incredibly
detailed and human-focused accounts of search and rescue missions in the White Mountains. This the second of his books, and the second I have read. I really think his work deserves more attention. He researches an incident from every possible perspective, conducting extensive interviews and really fleshing out what happened during the 24 hours or so of the rescue mission, before, and after. Then he brings everything together in a way that is compulsively readable; despite the dense technical details, I have finished both of his books in basically one sitting. Gagne never fails to have compassion for the folks who require rescue, acknowledging how easily mistakes are made in the extreme weather systems of the whites. Any person who hikes or spends time outdoors, particularly in the White Mountains, will become better at risk assessment and management through reading Gagne’s work.
detailed and human-focused accounts of search and rescue missions in the White Mountains. This the second of his books, and the second I have read. I really think his work deserves more attention. He researches an incident from every possible perspective, conducting extensive interviews and really fleshing out what happened during the 24 hours or so of the rescue mission, before, and after. Then he brings everything together in a way that is compulsively readable; despite the dense technical details, I have finished both of his books in basically one sitting. Gagne never fails to have compassion for the folks who require rescue, acknowledging how easily mistakes are made in the extreme weather systems of the whites. Any person who hikes or spends time outdoors, particularly in the White Mountains, will become better at risk assessment and management through reading Gagne’s work.