K2: The 1939 Tragedy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780898863734)

* Explains the complex tangle of events and personalities that led to the death of four men on the world's second-highest summit
* Reveals a trip diary found decades after the expedition uncover the disaster's contributing factors

Mountaineers everywhere had an opinion on this controversial story when it was first published. K2: The 1939 Tragedy unravels the complex tangle of events and personalities that led to four deaths on the 1939 American expedition to K2. With the aid of a recently available trip diary, this book challenges the conventionally accepted version of the story, explaining how five ill-prepared men were led by one strong, dedicated man on a mission beyond their collective abilities, in a land where people do not belong.


Author: Andrew Kauffman, William Putnam
ISBN-10: 0898863732
ISBN-13: 9780898863734
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Language: English
Published: 09/30/1993
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.95h x 5.92w x 0.62d