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K2: The 1939 Tragedy Paperback - 1993

by Andrew Kauffman; William Putnam


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* 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.

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THIS IS THE TRUE STORY of a mountaineering expedition that took place more than half a century ago, so far in the past of a rapidly evolving sport that one might almost begin with the words "Once upon a time."

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  • Title K2: The 1939 Tragedy
  • Author Andrew Kauffman; William Putnam
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Number Line 1098
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mountaineers Books, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
  • Date October 1993
  • ISBN 9780898863734 / 0898863732
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.95 x 5.92 x 0.62 in (22.73 x 15.04 x 1.57 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 915
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