The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans [1] is full of interesting information about hiking in dangerous terrain
[1] http://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hun...
[1] http://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hun...
It's really fun to have Google Earth open while reading the stories so you can find the places he is writing about.