Exposed

In May 2001, Brad McQueen, his wife Melissa, and his father were stranded overnight on Mount Evans during a freak late-spring blizzard. When Melissa punched through snow into a creek, she was forced to spend the night in the cold with bare feet, suffering severe frostbite that would result in the amputation of eight toes. This is the never-before published full account of that harrowing accident and their dramatic mountain rescue.

Exposed goes beyond that fateful night to chronicle numerous other mountain adventures, including the author's successful quest to complete all 54 Colorado fourteeners, plus climbs of Mount Rainier, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Grand Teton, Denali, and Ecuador's Antisana and Cotopaxi.

An informative, cautionary tale about how a day in the mountains can quickly turn dire, this gripping and unforgettable story offers hard-won lessons for anyone who dreams of climbing high mountains. As climber and author Ed Webster says: "Read this poignant book to learn the mountains' hard lessons. Inspiring!"