Buried in the Sky : The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

from amerynth

I really applaud Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan for their efforts to tell the story of tragedy on K2 from the Sherpas' perspective in "Buried in the Sky: The extraordinary story of the Sherpa climbers on K2's deadliest day." It's definitely an angle in mountaineering stories that is often miss...

from ahef1963

Buried in the Sky is the story of the deadliest day on the world's second-highest mountain, K2. Situated in Pakistan, K2 is 28,250 feet high, and a much less benevolent mountain than Everest. (Everest is 780 feet higher than K2.) The weather is much worse, the sheer drops more frequent and more c...

from JanaRose1

In 2008 eleven climbers died on K2, one of the world's most dangerous mountains. This book differs from prior books about the K2 disaster, because it is written from the perspective of the Sherpa. It discusses the history of K2, and discusses in detail the lives of Sherpa's Chhiring and Pasang. T...

from librarymary09

Wow. Could not put this amazing and interesting book down. What a great read.

from JohnnieTsunami

Excellent read of the life and death struggle to climb K2--the world's most dangerous mountain. Egos and oxygen deprivation cause some climbers to do stupid things on the mountain while in the same environment, other climbers perform heroic actions. All of this contrast is captured by the authors...