Bibliograph

K2, life and death on the world's most dangerous mountain, Ed Viesturs with David Roberts

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K2, life and death on the world's most dangerous mountain, Ed Viesturs with David Roberts

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

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Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

290464895

Responsibility statement

Ed Viesturs with David Roberts

Sub title

life and death on the world's most dangerous mountain

Summary

"At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering, with good reason. Four times as deadly as Everest, K2 has claimed the lives of seventy-seven climbers since 1954. In August 2008 eleven climbers died in a single thirty-six-hour period on K2-the worst single-event tragedy in the mountain's history and the second-worst in the long chronicle of mountaineering in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges. Yet summiting K2 remains a cherished goal for climbers from all over the globe

Table Of Contents

The motivator -- Decision -- Breakthrough -- The great mystery -- Brotherhood -- The price of conquest -- The dangerous summer

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