Last Man on the Mountain : The Death of an American Adventurer on K2

English

ISBN: 0393339971

EAN: 9780393339970

Category: Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering/Nature / Mountains/

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Release Date: 08/03/2011

Synopsis: In 1939 the Savage Mountain claimed its first victim. Born into vast wealth yet uneasy with a life of leisure, Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Rockport, Maine, set out to become the first man to climb K2, the worlds second-highest mountain and, in the opinion of mountaineers, an even more formidable challenge than Mt. Everest. Although close to middle age and inexperienced at high altitude, Wolfe, with the team leader, made it higher than any other members of the expedition, but he couldnt get back down. Suffering from altitude sickness and severe dehydration, he was abandoned at nearly 25,000 feet; it would be another sixty-three years before the author discovered his remains.

Awards: National Outdoor Book Awards – null 

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Last Man on the Mountain : The Death of an American Adventurer on K2

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.8 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.3 inches

Weight: 9.31 oz

Pages: 302