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K2 The Savage Mountain
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Author : Charles Houston
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-10-01
K2 The Savage Mountain written by Charles Houston and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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.
The Challenge Of K2
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Author : Richard Sale
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2011-12-13
The Challenge Of K2 written by Richard Sale and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-13 with History categories.
K2 is a legend - one of the most demanding mountaineering challenges in the world and one of the most treacherous. Extreme, unpredictable weather and the acutely difficult climbing conditions test the technique, endurance and psychological strength of the most experienced mountaineers to the limit and often beyond. Many of the men and women who have sought to reach the summit have failed, often with tragic consequences - over 70 of them have died or disappeared. Yet this, the second highest mountain on Earth, continues to exercise for the worlds top mountaineers a special, and all too often lethal attraction. Richard Sales fascinating new book traces the climbing history of K2 over the last 150 years, he shows in graphic detail how it acquired this awesome reputation: it was during the first serious attempts on the summit in the 1930s and 1950s that K2 became known as the Savage Mountain.
K2 The Savage Mountain
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Author : Charles S. Houston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
K2 The Savage Mountain written by Charles S. Houston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with American Karakoram Expedition categories.
K2 The Savage Mountain
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Author : Charles Houston, MD
language : en
Publisher: Johnson Press
Release Date : 2011-03-01
K2 The Savage Mountain written by Charles Houston, MD and has been published by Johnson Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
K2
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Author : John Barry
language : en
Publisher: Nicholson
Release Date : 1987
K2 written by John Barry and has been published by Nicholson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Sports & Recreation categories.
K2 The Savage Mountain
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Author : American Alpine Club. American Karakoram Expedition
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
K2 The Savage Mountain written by American Alpine Club. American Karakoram Expedition and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Karakoram Range categories.
K2
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Author : Jim Curran
language : en
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Release Date : 1995
K2 written by Jim Curran and has been published by Mountaineers Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Nature categories.
K2 is the world's second highest mountain, but its savage reputation is second to none. The loss of Alison Hargreaves and six companions in 1995 was a grim echo of the multiple deaths in 1986 and of earlier disasters which have become part of climbing legend. K2 has always attracted the greatest names in mountaineering. Wiessner, Houston, Bonatti, Diemberger and Bonington are among those whose lives have been permanently scarred by their experiences on it. At the same time some inspiring new routes have been achieved on the world's most difficult 8000-metre peak. Book jacket.
K2 The Savage Mountain
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Author : Norman Handy
language : en
Publisher: novum pro Verlag
Release Date : 2017-03-23
K2 The Savage Mountain written by Norman Handy and has been published by novum pro Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-23 with Fiction categories.
This is the story of one man's travels through northern Pakistan, using Gilgit as a centre. You will be taken westward to the fascinating Kalash Valleys with a surviving unique culture, struggling to maintain their identity in the harsh and rugged mountains, bordering Afghanistan. The story continues to Baltistan and up through the Karakoram Mountains and the infamous Karakoram Highway that links the country to China via the Khunjerab Pass, the highest road border crossing in the world. The journey goes eastwards across the Deosai plateau which have an average elevation of 4,000m and the disputed areas of Jammu and Kashmir. Finally there is the ascent to base camp of K2, the world's second highest but most deadly of mountains.
Savage Summit
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Author : Jennifer Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Savage Summit written by Jennifer Jordan and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Social Science categories.
Though not as tall as Everest, the "Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous. Located on the border of China and Pakistan, K2 has some of the harshest climbing conditions in the world. Ninety women have scaled Everest but of the six women who reached the summit of K2, three lost their lives on the way back down the mountain and two have since died on other climbs. In Savage Summit, Jennifer Jordan shares the tragic, compelling, inspiring, and extraordinary true stories of a handful of courageous women -- mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, poets and engineers -- who defeated this formidable mountain yet ultimately perished in pursuit of their dreams.
K2
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Author : Jim Curran Staff
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Release Date : 1996-12
K2 written by Jim Curran Staff and has been published by Bloomsbury T&T Clark this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-12 with categories.