Jordan Jennifer - Savage Summit The Life And Death Of The First Women Of K 2 - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Though not as tall as Everest the " Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous. Located on the border of China and Pakistan K 2 has some of the harshest climbing conditions in the world. Ninety women have scaled Everest but of the six women who reached the summit of K 2, three lost their lives on the way back down the mountain and two have since died on other climbs. In Savage Summit Jennifer Jordan shares the tragic compelling inspiring and extraordinary true stories of a handful of courageous women - - mothers and daughters wives and lovers poets and engineers - - who defeated this formidable mountain yet ultimately perished in pursuit of their dreams.
Title: Savage Summit The Life And Death Of The First Women Of K 2
Author(s): Jordan Jennifer
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780060587161
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 12/27/2005
Category: Climbing & Mountaineering