No Way Down

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Published by Viking Penguin, 2010, 1st UK Edition, D/w, Fine.   Story of the disaster that befell mountaineers on K2 in August 2008 when an ice avalanche swept away the ropes of various international expeditions – 18 mountaineers summited on that fateful day but 11 died, 2 on the ascent and 9 on the descent, making it the worst single day incident in K2’s history.  The climbers who died were from France, Ireland, South Korea, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan and Serbia