Other editions of book Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival

Paperback. Pub Date :2009-08-06 Pages: 288 Language: English Publisher: HARPERPRESS Set in the aftermath of a harrowing plane crash. this is the true story of one young boys fight for survival in natures most treacherous conditions.Eleven-year -old Norman Ollestad was a gifted skier. After winning the 1979 Southern California Slalom Skiing Championship. his father chartered a small plane to fly Norman home. so that his son could collect his trophy and train with his team.Moments later the Cessna. engulfed in a blizzard. crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains and was left suspended at 8.000 feet. Normans father. his coach and his hero. was dead.Climbing out of the wreckage. young Norman begins a gruelling descent. thousands of feet down an icy mountain . Blinded by heavy snow and faced with a raging wind and below-freezing temperatures. he attempts to guide his fathers injure...