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  • Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
  • Von: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts
  • Gesprochen von: Fred Sanders
  • Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 38 Min.
  • 4,5 out of 5 stars (53 Bewertungen)

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Von: Ed Viesturs,David Roberts
Gesprochen von: Fred Sanders
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    A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the best-selling author of No Shortcuts to the Top.

    At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering, with good reason. Four times as deadly as Everest, K2 has claimed the lives of 77 climbers since 1954.

    In August 2008, 11 climbers died in a single 36-hour period on K2 - the worst single-event tragedy in the mountain's history and the second-worst in the long chronicle of mountaineering in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges. Yet summiting K2 remains a cherished goal for climbers from all over the globe.

    Before he faced the challenge of K2 himself, Ed Viesturs, one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers, thought of it as "the holy grail of mountaineering". In K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain, Viesturs explores the remarkable history of the mountain and of those who have attempted to conquer it. At the same time he probes K2's most memorable sagas in an attempt to illustrate the lessons learned by confronting the fundamental questions raised by mountaineering - questions of risk, ambition, loyalty to one's teammates, self-sacrifice, and the price of glory.

    Viesturs knows the mountain firsthand. He and renowned alpinist Scott Fischer climbed it in 1992 and were nearly killed in an avalanche that sent them sliding to almost certain death. Fortunately, Ed managed to get into a self-arrest position with his ice ax and stop both his fall and Scott's.

    Focusing on seven of the mountain's most dramatic campaigns, from his own troubled ascent to the 2008 tragedy, Viesturs crafts an edge-of-your-seat narrative that climbers and armchair travelers alike will find unforgettably compelling. With photographs from Viesturs's personal colle...

    ©2009 Ed Viesturs and David Roberts (P)2009 Random House

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    Great book, good narration

    Fantastic, gripping book. The only downside is that the narrator, while doing a good job overall tries to pronounce the names of the climbers how they would be in their native language. While it's a noble effort It's distracting and even makes it hard to understand the names at times. The narrator of Viesturs Annapurna book did a much cleaner job at that.

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    Toll erzählt, Fachlich gut recherchiert

    Als alpinist und Hobby Bergsteiger habe ich viel Wert aus dem Buch gezogen. Erfahrungen vergangener Expeditionen werden mich bei meinen zukünftigen bergtouren begleiten

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    Best there is

    Mr. Vieturs brings us another one of his great great adventures. In this presentation of K2 history, Ed not only applies his view of the tragedies unfolding on the second highest mountain of the world, but gives a great inside in just how a mountaineer thinks and interprets his/her personal quest for the summit.
    I've listened to this one about 6 times and keep coming back.This narrative just puts you right next to climbers, makes you feel and suffer with them, experience great success and even greater tragedy.
    I bow my head to a great adventurer and a great man.