Over the edge : the true story of four American climbers' kidnap and escape in the mountains of Central Asia

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Title:

Over the edge : the true story of four American climbers' kidnap and escape in the mountains of Central Asia

Author:

Child, Greg.

ISBN:

9780375506093

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xiii, 284 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Contents:

First contact -- Traveler advisories -- You have never been to Tblisi! -- Walk down the Karavshin -- Lost luggage -- Signs of trouble -- Juma Namangani and the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan -- First Batken conflict -- Onto the yellow wall -- Slaughter -- Under fire -- Crossing -- Talking killing -- On the run -- Last chance -- Cliff -- No-man's-land -- Freedom -- A.K.A. Abdul -- Parting ways -- Getting home -- Confession -- Back from the dead -- Doubts -- Accusers -- Return to Bishkek -- Meeting with a terrorist.

Abstract:

Four American rock climbers were kidnapped in August 2000 in the Pamir-Alai mountain range of Kyrgyztan by members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

Personal Subject:

Subject:

Political kidnapping -- Kyrgyzstan.

Mountaineers -- Crimes against -- Kyrgyzstan.

Terrorism -- Kyrgyzstan.

Hostages -- Kyrgyzstan.

Geographic Term:

Kyrgyzstan -- Politics and government -- 1991-