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The Untold Story Tragedy and True Heroism on K2
NAL Hardcover
July 2010
On Sale: July 6, 2010
352 pages
ISBN: 0451231198
EAN: 9780451231192
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Non-Fiction
An insider's account of one of the deadliest and most
controversial tragedies in mountaineering history-the 2008
K2 disaster. When eleven men perished on the slopes of K2 in August 2008,
it was one of the deadliest single events in Himalayan
climbing and made headlines around the world. Yet non of the
surviving western climbers could explain precisely what
happened. Their memories were self-admittedly fogged by
exhaustion, hypoxia, and hallucinations. The truth of what
happened lies with four Sherpa guides who were largely
ignored by the mainstream media in the aftermath of the
tragedy, who lost two of their own during the incident, and
whose heroic efforts saved the lives of at least four climbers. Based on his numerous trips to Nepal and in-depth interviews
he conducted with these unacknowledged heroes, the other
survivors, and the families of the lost climbers, alpinist
and veteran climbing writer Freddie Wilkinson presents the
true story of what actually occurred on the "savage"
mountain. This work combines a criticism of the mainstream
press's less-than-complete coverage of the tragedy and an
insightful portrait of the lives of 21st-century Sherpas
into an intelligent, white-knuckled adventure narrative.
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