K2, the Savage Mountain : The Classic True Story of Disaster and Survival on the World's Second-Highest Mountain - Paperback

from KromesTomes

If you were going to write a stereotypical mountain-climb-gone-wrong story about stiff upper-lip types (though American), this is what you'd end up with ... although, frankly, I see nothing wrong with that.

from dougcornelius

A matter-of-fact telling of the failed attempt to summit the second highest peak in the world in 1953. A classic tale of assaulting a mountain, merely because it has not been before and man should be able to do such a thing.

from BookWallah

K2, The Savage Mountain is one of the top ten climbing adventure stories of all time. This Karakoram epic starts as a bit of a sleeper. But the very down to earth writing style of the multiple American authors is actually a symptom of the unpretentious team they assembled. Their descriptions of v...

from BookWallah

K2, The Savage Mountain is one of the top ten climbing adventure stories of all time. This Karakoram epic starts as a bit of a sleeper. But the very down to earth writing style of the multiple American authors is actually a symptom of the unpretentious team they assembled. Their descriptions of v...