num_pages: 320
description: A fascinating taleReaders who are into high-altitude adventure stories wont be disappointed.  Associated Press In 1939 the Savage Mountain claimed its first victim. Born into vast wealth yet uneasy with a life of leisure Dudley Wolfe of Boston and Rockport Maine set out to become the first man to climb K2 the worlds second-highest mountain and in the opinion of mountaineers an even more formidable challenge than Mt. Everest. Although close to middle age and inexperienced at high altitude Wolfe with the team leader made it higher than any other members of the expedition but he couldnt get back down. Suffering from altitude sickness and severe dehydration he was abandoned at nearly 25000 feet; it would be another sixty-three years before the author discovered his remains. 16 pages of photographs; 2 maps
language: English
title: The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company