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Reviewed by Tammy G. for Readers' Favorite
Blind Descent by Robert Hess is based/written about his adventure in the Antarctica. Robert tells of the trip and of, he and his comrades' attempts to stay alive. The story begins as the men are in a blind descent 500 feet above the Antarctica. The heating system wasn't working. The plane's windshield was covered in ice---visibility was zero! The fog made it almost impossible to see anything!
The author did fade backs to the beginning of the trip. How he met the pilot, how they came up with a plan, how the trip began and then the story goes into the adventure of the blind descent.
Not being a pilot but having ridden in an airplane a couple of times I can only guess at the terrible uncertainty of a blind descent. A blind descent is being unable to see, permanently or temporarily.
This is an interesting, tale-gripping read of man against nature. Robert and his team learn to rely on their instincts, each other and nature. At times not sure if they will survive or even be able to relay their messages to the outside world they keep plodding on-never giving up. A hardy crew with a zest for not giving up.
At the end of the tale it's interesting to see how the FAA depicts this blind descent. There are "real" pictures of the men and the plane in the middle of the book so that the reader can see what the men and the circumstances looked like. It makes the book seem so more real to the reader.
