K2
Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
$29.44
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2010
Summary
Now in paperback, Ed Viesturs, the first American to ascend all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks, and perhaps the world’s most renowned climber today, explores the history of climbing K2—including his own climbs and 2008’s deadly disaster that took eleven lives in a single day.
A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing the world’s most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of The Mountain and No Shortcuts to the To…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780767932608 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0767932609 |
| Author: | Ed Viesturs, David Roberts |
| Publisher: | Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) |
| Imprint: | Broadway Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 20mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Riveting … Viesturs illuminates K2’s challanges, triumphs, tragedies, and follies.”—The Daily Beast
“Viesturs’s you-are-there narration communicates effortlessly the enormous effort, and high adventure, of scaling K2.”—Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Ed Viesturs
Ed Viesturs became the first American to ascend all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in May 2005. He lives in Bainbridge Island, Washington, with his wife and three children. He still climbs and seeks out new adventures.
David Roberts was the author of more than twenty books on mountaineering, adventure, and history, including No Shortcuts to the Top, K2, and The Will to Climb, which he co-wrote with Ed Viesturs and a memoir OnThe Ridge Between Life and Death. He has written for National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, and Smithsonian. David Roberts passed away in 2021.
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