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K2 : life and death on the world's most dangerous mountain / Ed Viesturs ; with David Roberts.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Broadway Books, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 342 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780767932509
  • 0767932501
Other title:
  • Life and death on the world's most dangerous mountain
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV199.44.P18 V54 2009
Contents:
The motivator -- Decision -- Breakthrough -- The great mystery -- Brotherhood -- The price of conquest -- The dangerous summer.
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.
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Book Book Speedway Adult Area Non-fiction 796.522 VIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 35550431055204
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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.

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