Bibliograph

Into the clouds, the race to climb the world's most dangerous mountain, Tod Olson

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Into the clouds, the race to climb the world's most dangerous mountain, Tod Olson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Age 10-14

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Into the clouds

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1091291077

Responsibility statement

Tod Olson

Sub title

the race to climb the world's most dangerous mountain

Summary

In 1953, as two men summit Mount Everest for the first time, Charlie Houston and a team of mountaineers carve a path up the second highest peak on Earth: the deadly K2. For Houston, reaching the top of K2 is a lifelong dream, an obsession that began 15 years earlier on his first expedition there. Now, Houston's team follows their tracks, stumbling on camps abandoned during the bitter tragedy. With the summit in their grasp, a vicious storm and a sudden illness put their own expedition on the edge of disaster, turning their quest to conquer a mountain into one of the most daring rescue misions ever. Three expeditions and a high-mountain rivalry. Three attempts at K2, one of the most grueling challenges the planet has to offer. At 25,000 feet, every choice will mean lives lost or saved and bonds broken or cemented for a lifetme. -inside cover

Table Of Contents

Part one. 1938 : the dirty work -- Part two. 1939 : the hermit of K2 -- Part three. 1953 : the savage mountain

Target audience

juvenile

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