Showing CHALLENGE OF K2, THE: A History of the Savage Mountain by Richard Sale

K2 is one of the most demanding mountaineering challenges in the world and one of the most teacherous. Extreme and unpredictable weather and the acutely difficult climbing conditions test the technique, endurance and psychological strength of the most experienced mountaineers to the limit - and often beyond. Over 70 climbers have died or disappeared on K2. Richard Sale traces the climbing history of K2 over the last 150 years, describing how it acquired its awesome reputation. It was during the first serious attempts on the summit in the 1930s and 1950s that K2 became known as the Savage Mountain.