K2, The Savage Mountain 1st Adventure Library Ed.
$25
K2, The Savage Mountain by Charles S. Houston and Robert H. Bates. First Adventure Library Edition 1994. Includes 12 pp. color photographs, plus other black and white illustration. The book tells the story of the Third American Karakorum Expedition, which took place in 1953 on the second highest peak of the Himalayas. Standing just below the exalted heights of Mt. Everest, the mountain had defeated two earlier summit attempts in 1938 and 39. Storms, avalanche and loss of life have defined the mission for decades.
The book is considered a classic true story of disaster and survival in mountaineering.
Preowned. Pickup is 58th and 7th Ave in midtown Manhattan
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