In the bestselling tradition of classic adventure literature, BLIND DESCENT is the true story of the last great terrestrial discovery: the Mt. Everest of caves.
In 2004, two great scientist-explorers,one American, the other Ukrainian, raced to find the bottom of the world. Bill Stone was committed to vast Cheve Cave in southern Mexico. Mysterious and deadly, Cheve was the site of ancient human sacrifices and would claim modern lives as well. Alexander Klimchouk's target was Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the Republic of Georgia. In both supercaves, teams spent many weeks underground.

Stone and Klimchouk’s expedtions were reminiscent of Scott and Amundsen’s tragic race to the South Pole in 1911. Like the legendary polar explorers, the supercavers' pursuit of greatness led to heights of triumph and depths of tragedy neither could have imagined.

FOREVER ON THE MOUNTAIN: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Mysterious and Controversial Disasters (July, 2007)
In 1967, seven young men, members of a 12-man expedition led by 24-year old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska's Mt. McKinley in a vicious Arctic hurricane. Ten days passed while the men slowly succumbed, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic accident in American climbing history.
Revisiting the event in the tradition of Norman MacLean's YOUNG MEN AND FIRE, Tabor uncovers elements of controversy, finger-pointing, negligence, and cover-up that make this disaster unlike any other.