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K2 : life and death on the world's most dangerous mountain /

At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering, with good reason. Four times as deadly as Everest, K2 has claimed the lives of seventy-seven climbers since...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Viesturs, Ed
Other Authors:	Roberts, David, 1943-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Broadway Books, [2009]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Mountaineering > Pakistan > K2 (Mountain) Mountains > Pakistan > K2 (Mountain) > Difficulty of ascent. Mountaineers > Pakistan > K2 (Mountain) Mountaineering accidents > Pakistan > K2 (Mountain) K2 (Pakistan : Mountain) > Description and travel.

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