01516cam a2200313 4500 1022419513 TxAuBib 20120322120000.0 090817s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009-033942 9781400067671 alk. paper 1400067677 alk. paper (OCoLC)368020864 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP UPZ ZPP IH9 JTH ORX VP@ B2A OKN ILC DLC TxAuBib Tabor, James M. Blind descent : the quest to discover the deepest place on earth / James M. Tabor. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2010. xv, 286 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find the deepest cave on Earth, earning their place in history beside the likes of Peary, Amundsen, Hillary, and Armstrong. Tabor focuses particularly on the heroic efforts of Bill Stone in the vast Cheve Cave of southern Mexico and Alexander Klimchouk in the supercave Krubera of the Republic of Georgia. Stone -- Klimchouk -- Game over. 20110318. Stone, W. C William C. Klimchuk, A. B Aleksandr Borisovich. Caving History 21st century. Caves History 21st century. TXNES