Trois jours au Népal

by JeanDavid Blanc

« Je ne pouvais me résoudre à couper mon téléphone sans envoyer un dernier message. Celui-là serait pour ma fille. Mais que lui dire ? Je ne voulais pas l alerter, je ne voulais pas l'inquiéter. Je ne voulais pas non plus lui mentir, ni entamer une conversation comme si de rien n était. Je me suis alors posé une question à laquelle je n'aurais jamais pensé être confronté : qu'est-ce qu'on écrit lorsque c'est peut-être pour la dernière fois ? Que dit-on dans un ultime SMS ? En fait, la réponse était évidente, je n'ai pas cherché longtemps.

Moi, à Rébecca :
Je t aime
Cette fois, en toutes lettres.
Et j ai coupé mon téléphone. »

JeanDavid Blanc sort miraculeusement indemne d un crash en paramoteur dans l Himalaya. Mais il est seul, à 3000 mètres d altitude, en plein hiver, sans équipement et avec trois carrés de chocolat pour tout ravitaillement. Comment affronter une telle situation quand on n y a jamais été préparé ? Minute par minute, il raconte son périple au c ur d une nature sauvage et magnifique, et le parcours qui lui fera traverser toutes les étapes, de l espoir au désespoir, avant de trouver finalement l issue en lui-même.

Genres: Nonfiction, Survival

168 pages, Broché

First published October 1, 2012

Reviews

[Collin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad. Very short. Read it in about an hour. Interesting survival story, but seems he wrote it very quickly after someone suggested to write down what happened to him

[Luiza Salazar · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 stars makes it seem like it was a horrible book. It wasn't. It was just SO AVERAGE. It's such a terrifying experience, being alone in Nepal for 3 days, but this guy narrates it like it was a particularly rainy hiking day and he got tired. There's just, no tension, no pacing. It's off. But, it's brief so, even if you hate it, you only have to live with it for a day

[Stephanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tiny little book, can read in a half hour or so. Blanc crashes his motorized paraglider into the Himalayan mountain chain and needs to survive. Great premise. Scantily written. Like someone said to him, hey what a cool thing that happened to you--you should write a book.

[Faye · Rating 3 out of 5]

Page turner! Not a likeable protagonist though.

[Adrianna Proulx · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three Days in Nepal is a gripping memoir about JeanDavid Blanc’s real life fight for survival after a paragliding accident in the Himalayas. At just 127 pages, the book is brief and could benefit from more vivid descriptive detail. At times, it feels as though Blanc rushed to capture his experience on paper. Still, Blanc does a great job of sharing his real thoughts on fear, hope, and the will to survive. His honesty and reflection make the story feel very genuine and human. It captures both the isolation he faced and the delicate balance between human ambition and the power of nature.

[Ven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was a lovely quick little read. Although I don’t personally have much interest in paragliding, I was drawn to this book and am so glad I read it. Very insightful and the way it’s written paints beautiful pictures. Highly recommend!

[Amy Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

seems luck was on his side. He made some big mistakes, as Im sure we all would but moving in pitch dark down a cliff when he had a safe place by a cave didnt make sense to me. I could underdstand leaving the first ledge and starting the task of saving himself. And for some reason it bothered me he said bears can't climb trees but never corrected that- they are great climbers.
The book is written well, keeps you hooked and helps you learn from his experience a little.