The Challenge of K2

Description

Published by Pen & Sword Books, 2011, 1st Edition, D/w, Fine.   This volume traces the climbing history of K2 over the last 150 years, noting that it was during the serious attempts on the summit of the 1930s and 1950s that K2 became known as the Savage Mountain.  Dr Richard Sale is a theoretical physicist, mountaineer, and an expert on the history and ecology of the Arctic.  He has travelled extensively in the Arctic, Antarctica and the Himalayas, and is a prolific author.