Extreme Encounters How it Feels to Be Drowned

Did you ever wonder what it's like to be struck by lightning? To ride the crushing swell of an avalanche? Extreme Encounters describes these adventures and 37 others with second-person narratives, accounts of what happens to you physically, emotionally and scientifically during life's most perilous experiences.

Greg Emmanuel has written for MTV, VH1, GQ, ESPN Magazine , Stuff, and Maxim . He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Introduction

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I. WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK

Fire Ant Picnic

11

(4)

Snake in the Grass

15

(4)

Shark! Who Goes There?

19

(3)

Maul of the Wild

22

(3)

Swim with the Fishes

25

(4)

Jellyfish Jamboree

29

(3)

Pamplonaaah!

32

(5)

II. THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Hot and Bothered

37

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Ice, Ice Baby

41

(4)

Say It Ain't Snow

45

(5)

Drown and Out

50

(4)

Blowin' in the Wind

54

(4)

Sinking in Quicksand

58

(4)

Bomb Voyage!

62

(5)

III. SOMEBODY GET A DOCTOR!

Kiss of the Defibrillator

67

(4)

Three Days of Detox

71

(4)

Meat Your Maker

75

(4)

Amputation, Civil War Style

79

(3)

Pass the Kidney Stones, Please

82

(4)

Ebolapalooza

86

(5)

IV. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Caught in the Crossfire

91

(3)

Ol' Sparky

94

(5)

Good to the Last Drop

99

(3)

The Third Degree

102

(5)

Six Feet Under

107

(4)

Nineteen Days in the Hole

111

(5)

Dancing at the End of Your Rope

116

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V. EVERYDAY MISHAPS

Express Elevator

121

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Not-so-lucky Strike

125

(4)

Buzz Kill

129

(4)

Acid Test

133

(4)

Blow-Dryer in the Bathtub

137

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It's Just Gas

140

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VI. GOING TO EXTREMES

Bent Out of Shape

145

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Barrel o' Laughs

149

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Major League Pain

153

(4)

Nine Rounds of Heavyweight Boxing

157

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Shake, Rattle, and Roll Over

162

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The 12,000-Foot-High Jump

166

(4)

Don't Forget Your Launch!

170

(4)

Bibliography

174

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Acknowledgments

176

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Extreme Encounters How it Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences...

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