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Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award and the Banff Mountain Book Award for Mountain Literature "Gripping, intense…Buried in the Sky will satisfy anyone who loved [Into Thin Air]." —Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe When eleven climbers died on K2 in 2008, two Sherpas survived. Their astonishing tale became the stuff of mountaineering legend. This white-knuckle adventure follows the Sherpas from their remote villages in Nepal to the peak of the world’s most dangerous mountain, recounting one of the most dramatic disasters in alpine history from a fascinating new perspective. Winner of the NCTE George Orwell Award and an official selection of the American Alpine Club Book Club.
Alpine Rising
The name of Maurice Herzog, the first man to reach the summit of Annapurna, is widely recognized, but how many know Ang Tharkay, the Sherpa who carried the seriously frostbitten Herzog on his back for miles? Although rarely mentioned in published accounts of early expeditions, local climbers have long been significant members of first ascents on the world’s tallest and most challenging peaks. In Alpine Rising, award-winning writer Bernadette McDonald sets the record straight by shining a light on these too often forgotten heroes. Now, in the 21st century, it is often local climbers who are setting records. A Nepali team was the first to climb K2 in winter; they reached the summit while sin...
One Mountain Thousand Summits
The account of one of the deadliest and most mysterious tragedies in mountaineering history-the 2008 K2 disaster. One Mountain Thousand Summits reveals the true story of the K2 tragedy that claimed the lives of eleven men. Based on his numerous trips to Nepal and in-depth interviews he conducted with the survivors, the families of the lost climbers, and the Sherpa guides whose heroic efforts saved the lives of at least four climbers, Freddie Wilkinson's narrative uncovers what actually occurred on the mountain, while delivering a criticism of the mainstream press's incomplete coverage of the event, and an insightful look into the lives of the six Sherpas who were involved.
Begravda i himlen
När elva klättrare omkom på världens farligaste berg K2 i augusti 2008, överlevde två sherpor katastrofen. Sherpor är de lokala klättrare som gör det möjligt för västerländska klättrare att överhuvudtaget ha en chans att ta sig upp på Himalayas högsta toppar. De har länge varit hjältar i det fördolda, men här ger Amanda Padoan och Peter Zuckerman dem röst och historia. Vi får följa sherporna Chhiring Dorje Sherpas och Pasang Lamas livshistorier, från deras byar högt upp i Himalaya, till slummen i Katmandu, över glaciärerna i Pakistan till baslägret på K2. När katastrofen är ett faktum finner Chirring sin kollega Pasang strandsatt, utan yxa, på en isvägg där han väntar på att dö. Den räddningsaktion som följer har kommit att bli legendarisk. Begravda i himlen är både en gastkramande äventyrsberättelse och en inblick i sherpornas vardag och kultur. Boken skildrar ett av klättringshistoriens mest dramatiska dygn från ett helt nytt perspektiv.
Seppelliti nel cielo
Quando Edmund Hillary conquistò il monte Everest, al suo fianco era Tenzing Norgay e fu quella la prima volta in cui il nome di uno sherpa fece la sua comparsa sulla ribalta della cronaca. In realtà tutto l'alpinismo himalayano è segnato dalla presenza di queste silenziose figure, il cui apporto è stato tanto decisivo quanto misconosciuto dalla storia. Nell'estate del 2008 numerosi portatori sherpa attendevano al Campo base del K2, al soldo delle numerose spedizioni internazionali decise a tentare l'assalto alla vetta. Dopo settimane di attesa, finalmente il 1o agosto le condizioni metereologiche sembravano ottimali per conquistare la Montagna selvaggia: ma l'ansia di compiere l'impresa ...
One Man's Climb
A deeply moving story of the beauty and brutality of life, and death, on the world’s most unpredictable and perilous mountain. Sitting just lower than Everest at 8,611 meeres above sea level on the China–Pakistan border, the Savage Mountain claims the lives of even the most experienced climbers. Alongside severe altitude, the weather is notoriously volatile and the climb relentlessly steep. A staggering one in four attempts result in death on the mountain. In One Man’s Climb, Adrian Hayes details an intensely personal account of his attempts to climb K2 – first in 2013 and again in 2014. Absorbing and self-reflective, his journey is as much a story of climbing a mountain as it is a testament to the human spirit’s ability to endure.
Nanga Parbat - The Ultimate Chronicle
The story of Nanga Parbat is long and multifaceted. It was often personified as implacable and unapproachable. Attempts to climb it were made as early as the 19th century. Between the First and Second World Wars it was named the 'mountain of destiny for the Germans' and abused by National Socialist propaganda. The best mountaineers lost their lives in large numbers. In the 1950s, the decade of the first ascents of 8,000m peaks, "Nanga" also fell. Its first climber, the unforgettable Hermann Buhl, would have celebrated his 100th birthday in 2024. This story from a long-forgotten time up to the days of modern mountaineering is dedicated to him.
Summary of Ed Viesturs's K2
Get the Summary of Ed Viesturs's K2 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. On August 1, 2008, thirty climbers from various international expeditions attempted to summit K2, resulting in the deadliest single-event tragedy on the mountain with eleven fatalities. Ed Viesturs reflects on this disaster, contrasting it with his own successful ascent of K2 in 1992, where he became the first American to summit the world's three tallest peaks. He critiques the quick judgments made post-disaster and emphasizes the importance of trusting one's instincts and making timely decisions in mountaineering...
The Summit
On 1 August 2008, thirty-four climbers from seven international expeditions joined forces in their attempt to reach the summit of K2. Tragedy struck and for three days Sherpa Pemba Gyalje and others tried to save the lives of those around them. A gripping eye-witness account of one of mountaineerings most controversial disasters.
No Way Down
No Way Down is the the gripping, terrifying story of a brutal struggle for survival on the upper slopes of the Himalayan K2, the world's most hostile terrain, by Graham Bowley. K2, August 1st, 2008. Thirty climbers are attempting the summit of the most savage mountain on Earth. They make it. But before they start their descent an ice shelf collapses, sweeping away their ropes. It is dark. Their lines are gone. They are low on oxygen. And it is getting very, very cold. How many will make it down alive? 'A gripping hour-by-hour dissection of events in the Western Himalayas over three deadly days. A fitting shelfmate to the modern classic Into Thin Air. A cracking read' Sunday Times 'Stories of...
