Review: Puts you there
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2013
I enjoyed this book. Of course it's about climbing  K2,  though the second highest mountain considered one of the hardest to climb if not the hardest. An interesting statistic is that one in four attempts to summit results in death. Of 18 people who summoned this time 8 of them died. I'm not a climber but I find the subject interesting. This book does a good job of giving the sense of just what it's like on the mountain when in the camps, becoming acclimated and the actual climb. The book actually covers three attempts and can be a little confusing at times but that's a statement not a criticism. There were quit a few editorial errors. Not a big deal but annoying.