$31.79
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2011
Summary
No Way Down: K2 - The Killer Summit
The summit of K2, 1 August 2008. An exhausted band of climbers pump their fists into the clear blue sky - joining the elite who have conquered the world’s most lethal mountain.
But as they celebrate, far below them an ice shelf collapses and sweeps away their ropes. They don’t know it yet, but they will be forced to descend into the blackness with no lines. Of the thirty who set out, eleven will never make it back.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141044064 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141044063 |
| Series: | Viking |
| Author: | Graham Bowley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Riveting and powerful; an extraordinary story of an extraordinary tragedy. Reading No Way Down is the closest you can come to being on the summit of K2 on that fateful day
Riveting and powerful; an extraordinary story of an extraordinary tragedy. Reading No Way Down is the closest you can come to being on the summit of K2 on that fateful day – Sir Ranulph FiennesA gripping hour-by-hour dissection of events in the Western Himalaya over three deadly days… a fitting shelfmate to the modern classic Into Thin Air – Brian Schofield * Sunday Times *Stories of heroism, sadness and extraordinary endurance against all the odds are woven into a thrilling drama – Christopher Hudson * Daily Mail *Unputdownable… a portrait of extreme courage, folly and loss, leavened by a small dose of survival’ * Financial Times *Artfully and assiduously pieces together an account of a fractious day in brutal real time. Fatality by fatality… devastating * New York Times *A tour de force of a book…a triumph of storytelling * Associated Press *Probably the best mountain-disaster memoir since Into Thin Air * Mail on Sunday *One of the best books I’ve ever read. But take it to the beach at your peril - it’s impossible to put down. Sunburn is guaranteed * Outdoor Science *
About The Author
Graham Bowley
Graham Bowley was born in England in 1968. He is a reporter for the New York Times. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and their two daughters and son.
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