K2, the savage mountain : the classic true story of disaster and survival on the world’s second highest mountain

164 Pages·2009·3.27 MB·English

by  Charles S Houston

K2—THE SAVAGE MOUNTAIN
K2 THE SAVAGE
MOUNTAIN
The Classic True Story of Disaster and Survival on the World’s
Second Highest Mountain
Charles S. Houston, M.D., and Robert H. Bates
Foreword by Jim Wickwire
THE LYONS PRESS
Guilford, Connecticut
An imprint of The Globe Pequot Press
Edited by Robert H. Bates
FIVE MILES HIGH
(The Story of the First American Karakoram Expedition)
CHARLES S. HOUSTON, M.D.
ROBERT H. BATES
and Members of the Third American Karakoram Expedition:
Col. M. Ata-ullah
Robert H. Bates
George I. Bell
Robert W. Craig
Arthur K. Gilkey
Charles S. Houston, M.D.
Dee Molenaar
Peter Schoening
Capt. H. R. A. Streather
Copyright © 2009 Morris Book Publishing, LLC
Introduction copyright © 2000 by Jim Wickwire ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this book may be
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The Lyons Press is an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press.
Originally published in 1954 by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Text design by Kim Burdick
Maps by Clarence Doore
Photographs taken by Members of the Expedition Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is
available on file.
ISBN 978-1-59921-608-9
Printed in the United States of America
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