K2, the Savage Mountain - The Classic True Story of Disaster Survival on World s Second

Zusatztext "Houston and Bates were the first Americans to climb K2! the world's second highest mountain peak. Such an endeavor is remarkably dangerous even now! but reading of the use of equipment as simple as woolen mittens! canvas and wood packs! etc.! illustrates the bravery--or perhaps foolhardiness--of such an undertaking then. Five Miles High covers their first climb in 1938 (this account was published a year later)! while 1954's K2 chronicles the 1953 climb! which proved far more difficult." -- Library Journal "Here is a great story! simply and grippingly told! which the glory of Everest should not be allowed to obscure." --New York Times Informationen zum Autor By Charles Houston and Robert Bates - Introduction by Jim Wickwire - Foreword by Jonathan Waterman Klappentext When eleven climbers died on K2 on August 1, 2008, it was a stark reminder that the world's second-highest mountain has, for more than a century, been regarded as the most difficult and dangerous of all-for every four people who reach the top, one dies in the attempt. K2, The Savage Mountain tells the dramatic story of the 1953 American expedition, led by Charles S. Houston, when a combination of terrible storms and illness stopped the team short of the 28,251-foot summit. Then on the descent, tragedy struck, and how the climbers made it back to safety is renowned in the annals of climbing. K2, The Savage Mountain captures this sensational tale with an unmatched power that has earned this book its place as one of the classics of mountaineering literature. Zusammenfassung The 1953 American expedition to the second highest peak in the world.

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• Authors: Robert Bates, Bates Robert, Charles Houston, Charles Bates Houston, Jonathan Waterman, Jim Wickwire
• Assisted by: Waterman Jonathan (Foreword), Wickwire Jim (Introduction)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781493050246
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-5024-6
• No. of pages: 224
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