Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth Audiobook

" Pretty stinking good! Very entertaining for nonfiction. Felt very similar to another great nonfiction book, Shadow Divers, and equally recommended. "

" The first half of this story, about an American team exploring caves in southern Mexico, is so exciting that it hardly matters how clunky and repetitive Tabor's writing is. The second half, though, about an Eastern European team in Abkhazia, totally loses steam. I'd give it a C+. "

" I'm having a hard time getting through this book. It started out interesting as I like books about extreme sports but in my opinion it has far too much focus on the ego's of the characters. The descents become shorter and shorter and lackluster in their description and it has quite frankly become a downer. Unlike "Into Thin Air" I don't have any connection to the characters and it seems like neither do they with each other. People die and it's business as usual to get to the depths of the earth. I understand and appreciate the drive but I don't think it's been conveyed well in this book. I will finish it out of principle, but it's a struggle. "

" The book was interesting for about half of Part 1. Part 2 became a compare and contrast essay between Stone and Klimchouk. It was dry, dry, dry. In short, I didn't finish it. "

" What is our last frontier? Mankind has conquered the North Pole, the South Pole, Mt. Everest, and even the bottom of the sea. But who would have thought of climbing down into the earth through the deepest caverns. It's like climbing the tallest mountain, except in reverse. In the dark. Sometimes under water. Crazy scary. If you fall and get hurt, it is incredibly hard to get you out, so even a broken leg can prove fatal. If you die, your body must stay until you are bones because it takes too many resources to take your body out. Who would be brave enough, or nutty enough to do this? Many do, and some die. A great read, but I'd never, never do it. "

" A fascinating look at cave exploration. "

" I was very intrigued by the topic, but towards the end I just couldn't care any more. The stories got stale. "

" Loved this book. Learned so much about what these people do and what makes them tick. Fascinating. "

" Interesting, but not as much as i thought it would be. "

" This was much better than Tabor's attempt at fiction. What a wild ride! "

" A great read if you are interested in caving. "

" Absolutely spell binding. These extreme cavers are from another dimension. Couldn't put this one down! "

" Very similar to Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air but the adventure is traveling the opposite direction. "

" Sort of a tough book to read for someone not familiar with Cave Diving. Did not really explain too much detail before "diving" (pun intended) right in... "

" I highly recommend this book. I couldn't put it down. Who knew cave exploration was so dangerous and exciting. "

" Very interesting, a bit anticlimactic though. "

" Very similar to Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air but the adventure is traveling the opposite direction. "

" The first half of this story, about an American team exploring caves in southern Mexico, is so exciting that it hardly matters how clunky and repetitive Tabor's writing is. The second half, though, about an Eastern European team in Abkhazia, totally loses steam. I'd give it a C+. "

" it wasn't the best written book ever, but the subject matter was very exciting. i missed my subway stop at least once. "