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Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day Paperback - 2013 - 1st Edition

by Peter Zuckerman; Amanda Padoan

In August 2008, when 11 climbers lost their lives on K2, the world's most dangerous peak, two Sherpas survived and are two of the most skillful mountaineers on earth.


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When eleven climbers died on K2 in 2008, two Sherpas survived. Their astonishing tale became the stuff of mountaineering legend. This white-knuckle adventure follows the Sherpas from their remote villages in Nepal to the peak of the world's most dangerous mountain, recounting one of the most dramatic disasters in alpine history from a fascinating new perspective.

Winner of the NCTE George Orwell Award and an official selection of the American Alpine Club Book Club.

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  • Title Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
  • Author Peter Zuckerman; Amanda Padoan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2013-05-03
  • ISBN 9780393345414 / 0393345416
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Mountaineering - Pakistan - K2 (Mountain), Sherpa (Nepalese people)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.522
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