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The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2 (Legends and Lore)

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The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2 (Legends and Lore)

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* A mountaineering classic

* Conflict, hardship, endurance, triumph -- it's all here in Ridgeway's extraordinary story

In September 1978, Rick Ridgeway, Jim Wickwire, Lou Reichardt and John Roskelley stood atop K2, the first Americans ever to achieve this victory. Under the leadership of Jim Whittaker, they and their teammates had spent 67 days on the mountain, nearly all of them above 18,000 feet, where the stresses of high-altitude living, of monotonous food, of confinement in tiny tents for day after day of frustrating storms had worn them down to the core.

The Last Step is Rick Ridgeway's inside story of this extraordinary expedition. It's about the people who, battered by the mountain and their isolation, overcame their individual fears, desire, and disappointments to work together to get somebodyÃ±anybodyÃ±to the top of K2. It's about the glorious success the team achieved, and about the perilous bivouac Jim Wickwire spent just below the summit without food, oxygen or shelter in temperatures of -40F.

This title is part of our LEGENDS AND LORE series. Click here > to learn more.
Country USA
Brand Mountaineers Books
Manufacturer Mountaineers Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations, maps, front
ReleaseDate 2014-02-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781594858611

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