No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
Graham Bowley
Mar 2011 · Penguin UK
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THE GRIPPING, TERRIFYING STORY OF A BRUTAL STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL ON THE UPPER SLOPES OF THE HIMALAYAN K2, THE WORLD'S MOST HOSTILE TERRAIN.
'Unputdownable. A portrait of extreme courage, folly and loss, leavened by a small dose of survival' Financial Times
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K2, August 1st, 2008.
Thirty climbers are attempting the summit of the most savage mountain on Earth. They make it. But before they start their descent an ice shelf collapses, sweeping away their ropes. It is dark. Their lines are gone. They are low on oxygen. And it is getting very, very cold.
How many will make it down alive?
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'A gripping hour-by-hour dissection of events in the Western Himalayas over three deadly days. A fitting shelfmate to the modern classic Into Thin Air. A cracking read' Sunday Times
'The best mountain-disaster memoir since Into Thin Air' Mail on Sunday
'Stories of heroism, sadness and extraordinary endurance against all the odds [are] woven into a thrilling drama' Daily Mail
'Unputdownable. A portrait of extreme courage, folly and loss, leavened by a small dose of survival' Financial Times
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K2, August 1st, 2008.
Thirty climbers are attempting the summit of the most savage mountain on Earth. They make it. But before they start their descent an ice shelf collapses, sweeping away their ropes. It is dark. Their lines are gone. They are low on oxygen. And it is getting very, very cold.
How many will make it down alive?
________________
'A gripping hour-by-hour dissection of events in the Western Himalayas over three deadly days. A fitting shelfmate to the modern classic Into Thin Air. A cracking read' Sunday Times
'The best mountain-disaster memoir since Into Thin Air' Mail on Sunday
'Stories of heroism, sadness and extraordinary endurance against all the odds [are] woven into a thrilling drama' Daily Mail
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4.6
16 reviews
Eu Broom
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February 10, 2014
This book is really well written & documented. The story is gripping, I couldn't put it down! Every kind of emotion is related & you could almost imagine you were there experiencing it...from the comfort & safety of an armchair!
CloneOneKiwi
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November 18, 2014
Brilliant account of the worst year on the mountain. Written using all the climbing parties accounts plus some assumptions to fill the unknown gaps.
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Patrick Wiggins
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September 19, 2016
I'd have been better off re-reading Into Thin Air
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About the author
Graham Bowley was born in England in 1968. He is a reporter for the New York Times. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and their two daughters and son.
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