This time, when Jake and Peter stumble upon adrenaline-pumping
adventure, it''s high in the peaks of the Bugaboo Mountains just
west of the Rockies. Fifteen-year-old Jake is obsessed with
solo-climbing a soaring granite spire. His best friend, Peter, is
as absorbed with filming Jake for a video as he is in not divulging
his secret fear of heights to the runaway girl who joins them.
Though a talented climber, the surly runaway girl seems
possessed by a death wish. When Jake arrives at the halfway mark
and cheerfully hangs his overnight cot on anchors at a
death-defying 150-storey height above the ground, all seems well,
but the next day, a lightning storm begins to unravel this
carefully planned high-risk adventure. When a crisis prompts the
girl to put her life at stake for Jake, it falls to Peter to
overcome his fear to get everyone home safely.
Packed with mountaineering lore and cliff-hanging tension,
Vertical Limits features adventures in competitive
gym climbing, outdoor urban climbing, and wilderness rock
climbing.