The ensuing nine-hour , life-or-death descent -- in the end , he was the only survivor -- is the topic of `` Crazy for the Storm : A Memoir of Survival . '' # ##n was 11 years old when the plane he was in crashed . Ollestad 's father died and Norman climbed down the mountain for nine years . Experience is present in the ` ` Crazy for the Mountain : A Memoir of Survival '' Book also chronicles Norman 's relationship with his father .
# ##n was 11 years old when the plane he was in crashed . Ollestad 's father died and Norman climbed down the mountain for nine years . Experience is present in the ` ` Crazy for the Mountain : A Memoir of Survival '' Book also chronicles Norman 's relationship with his father .