<p>"They say I'm crazy. That's OK. I'm just curious and determined."</p><p></p><p>—From Scott Hubbartt's diary, November 2, 2011</p><p><b>How Could He Possibly Make It Out Alive?</b></p><p>It was supposed to be a simple day hike. Scott Hubbartt was a military veteran with years of survival training. Everyone who knew him considered him an expert adventurer.</p><p>But Scott’s trek into the treacherous backcountry canyons of the Peruvian Andes turned into a desperate fight to survive after he became hopelessly lost. As his eight-hour hike lengthened into days, Scott faced dehydration, hunger, and exhaustion. And that’s when his true journey began.</p><p>Chronicling the failures and miracles of a remarkable physical and spiritual passage, <i>A Short Walk to the Edge of Life </i>is the gripping, true story of a man who had to come to the end of himself before he could find his way home.</p>