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Search - K2 : One Woman's Quest for the Summit (Adventure Press)

K2 One Woman's Quest for the Summit - Adventure Press
Author: Heidi Howkins

Among the mountaineering elite, K2 is the ultimate challenge. Everest is higher -- by just 785 feet -- but K2 is steeper, tougher, and deadlier: Everest has been summitted more than 1,300 times, while only 183 men and 5 women have reached K2's fearsome peak since it was first conquered in 1954, and of those, at least 21 never made it back down. ... more »

ISBN-13: 9780792279969
ISBN-10: 0792279964
Publication Date: 4/1/2001
Pages: 336
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3.8 stars, based on 3 ratings

Publisher: National Geographic
Book Type: Hardcover
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June A. (pertdoe) reviewed K2 : One Woman's Quest for the Summit (Adventure Press) on 7/22/2011 + 191 more book reviews

I really enjoyed this book. It was written well and of course this is one of my favorite genre's. A lot of the story was about her life, not just the climb up K2. Well worth the read especially if this is one of your interests.

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