High

Stories of Survival from Everest and K2

This anthology, devoted to climbing on the world’s two highest mountains,
spans the years 1933 through 1996. It describes the development of climbing
these two peaks, reminds us that Everest and K2 are among the world most
dangerous places, and explains why the world’s best climbers cannot stay away
from them. The book includes prose about mountaineering’s ultimate challenges
by writers such as Jon Krakauer, David Roberts and Chris Bonington.;Matt
Dickinson tells what it is like for an amateur to climb a swaying aluminium
ladder on Everest’s North Col route; Jim Haberl waits high on K2’s Abruzzi
Ridge for sunrise over China to warm his extremities; Maria Coffey mourns the
loss of her beloved who died on Everest’s unclimbed Northeast Ridge; and Doug
Scott summits Everest via the difficult Southwest face.