The most formidable of the 8000-metre peaks, K2 has always represented the direst challenge to climbers. Weissner, Bonatti, Scott, Bonington and Dienberger are a few of those whose lives have been changed forever on K2. Jim Curran, himself a member of the British expedition in the ill-fated year of disasters, 1986, recounts the international attempts to climb it, many of which ended in death, controversy or heroic retreat.
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The most formidable of the 8000-metre peaks, K2 has always represented the direst challenge to climbers. Weissner, Bonatti, Scott, Bonington and Dienberger are a few of those whose lives have been changed forever on K2. Jim Curran, himself a member of the British expedition in the ill-fated year of disasters, 1986, recounts the international attempts to climb it, many of which ended in death, controversy or heroic retreat.
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Add this copy of K2. the Story of the Savage Mountain to cart. $21.16, very good condition, Sold by The Blue Penguin rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from FRODSHAM,, CHESHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by Hodder & Stoughton.
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Very Good in Very Good + jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. pp. 271. Dustwrapper, pp.271. Illustrated. A history of the attempts on this most challenging of climbs, including the 1986 expedition on which he was a member. Dustwrapper clean and sound but a little creased to edges in places. Contents lightly and uniformly browned. At least VG in dustwrapper.
Add this copy of K2. the Story of the Savage Mountain to cart. $30.46, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1995 by Hodder & Stoughton.
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VG+ in VG+ jacket. VG+/VG+. 8vo. original blue boards (a little rubbed & bumped) in dustwrapper priced £17.99 (slightly rubbed); pp. 272, with numerous illustrations. A very good copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1995.
Add this copy of K2. the Story of the Savage Mountain to cart. $72.17, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1995 by Hodder & Stoughton.
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F- in VG+ jacket. Signed by Author. F-/VG+. 8vo. original blue boards in dustwrapper priced £17.99 (light crease to spine); pp. 272, with numerous illustrations. A very good copy. Flatsigned to title page 'Jim Curran'. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1995.
