Extreme Encounters How it Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences...

by Emmanuel, Greg

• ISBN13: 9781931686006
• ISBN10: 1931686009
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-13
• Publisher: Quirk Books

Summary

Did you ever wonder what it's like to be struck by lightning? To ride the crushing swell of an avalanche? Extreme Encounters describes these adventures and 37 others with second-person narratives, accounts of what happens to you physically, emotionally and scientifically during life's most perilous experiences.

Author Biography

Greg Emmanuel has written for MTV, VH1, GQ, ESPN Magazine , Stuff, and Maxim . He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(5)
I. WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK
Fire Ant Picnic	11	(4)
Snake in the Grass	15	(4)
Shark! Who Goes There?	19	(3)
Maul of the Wild	22	(3)
Swim with the Fishes	25	(4)
Jellyfish Jamboree	29	(3)
Pamplonaaah!	32	(5)
II. THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Hot and Bothered	37	(4)
Ice, Ice Baby	41	(4)
Say It Ain't Snow	45	(5)
Drown and Out	50	(4)
Blowin' in the Wind	54	(4)
Sinking in Quicksand	58	(4)
Bomb Voyage!	62	(5)
III. SOMEBODY GET A DOCTOR!
Kiss of the Defibrillator	67	(4)
Three Days of Detox	71	(4)
Meat Your Maker	75	(4)
Amputation, Civil War Style	79	(3)
Pass the Kidney Stones, Please	82	(4)
Ebolapalooza	86	(5)
IV. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Caught in the Crossfire	91	(3)
Ol' Sparky	94	(5)
Good to the Last Drop	99	(3)
The Third Degree	102	(5)
Six Feet Under	107	(4)
Nineteen Days in the Hole	111	(5)
Dancing at the End of Your Rope	116	(5)
V. EVERYDAY MISHAPS
Express Elevator	121	(4)
Not-so-lucky Strike	125	(4)
Buzz Kill	129	(4)
Acid Test	133	(4)
Blow-Dryer in the Bathtub	137	(3)
It's Just Gas	140	(5)
VI. GOING TO EXTREMES
Bent Out of Shape	145	(4)
Barrel o' Laughs	149	(4)
Major League Pain	153	(4)
Nine Rounds of Heavyweight Boxing	157	(5)
Shake, Rattle, and Roll Over	162	(4)
The 12,000-Foot-High Jump	166	(4)
Don't Forget Your Launch!	170	(4)
Bibliography	174	(2)
Acknowledgments	176