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Language: en
Pages: 336
Pages: 336
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oneworld Publications Limited
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Language: en
Pages: 423
Pages: 423
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-05 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
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
Language: en
Pages: 225
Pages: 225
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
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
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-31 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
The dramatic and inspiring account of the very first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition of 1922. The fir
Language: en
Pages: 346
Pages: 346
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-12 - Publisher: Direct Authors
The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the