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The Ghosts of K2
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Mick Conefrey
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oneworld Publications Limited

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At 28,251 feet, K2 might be almost 800 feet shorter than Everest, but it is a far tougher proposition. Unlike Everest, there is no "Yak route" for commercial cl
Ghosts of K2
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Mick Conefrey
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-05 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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K2 is almost 800ft shorter than Everest, yet it’s a far harder climb. Many great mountaineers became obsessed with reaching its summit, not all of them lived
K2
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Ed Viesturs
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-03 - Publisher: Crown

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A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of The Mountai
K2, The Savage Mountain
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Charles Houston
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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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
K2, Triumph and Tragedy
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Jim Curran
Categories: K2 (Pakistan : Mountain)
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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This gripping story belongs with the classics of mountaineering. In 1986, nine expeditions attempted to climb K-2. Twenty-seven climbers reached the summit. Thi