Tempting the Throne Room: Surviving Pakistan's Deadliest Climbing Season 2013 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781494845841)

His climbing partner was face down in the snow at 18,000 feet with a shattered limb and the weather was turning again. Little did they realize that this was only a small taste of the tragedy that would unfold on this ill-fated expedition. Of their team of 11 only 8 would return and one faced the possiblity of losing his leg permanently. What happened in the Karakoram and who paid the ultimate price for tempting the throne room? Experience this first hand account of Pakistan's deadliest climbing season marred from the beginning by Taliban masscres of mountaineers on a nearby peak. This book comes complete with over 50 unpublished photographs and illustrations.

Author: Eric Graves, John Quillen
ISBN-10: 1494845849
ISBN-13: 9781494845841
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2014
Pages: 166
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d