Originally published: North Sydney, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2007

Prologue: Everest 1984 -- Part one: Dream catcher -- Singapore 2004 -- Return to Everest -- Behind the eight ball -- Kathmandu -- Himalaya -- Tent city -- Everest 2006 -- East Rongbuk -- Everest the highway -- Sky burial -- Russian roulette -- Part two: Death's own country -- Big steps -- The roof of the world -- Counting chickens -- Fading light -- Time to kill -- Cloak of darkness -- Awakening -- The White Limbo guy -- Part three: Running on empty -- The Devil's spade -- Running on empty -- Touchdown -- Postmortem -- Epilogue -- 7Summits-Club Everest. Expedition -- Notes on My Survival -- A Conversation with Barbara Scanlan

Outlines the dramatic 2006 survival story of a famed Australian mountain climber who was pronounced dead and abandoned by Sherpas during a climb of Mount Everest, only to be discovered alive the next day

Includes index