the ogre: biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent  <p>some mountains are high; some mountains are hard. few are both.</p><p>on the afternoon of 13 july 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the <b>ogre</b>, <b>doug scott</b> and <b>chris bonington</b> began their long descent. in the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement would be overwhelmed by the start of a desperate fight for survival. and things would only get worse.</p><p>rising to over 7,000 metres in the centre of the <b>karakoram</b>, the ogre – <b>baintha brakk</b> – is notorious in mountaineering circles as one of the most difficult mountains to climb. first summited by scott and bonington in 1977 – on expedition with <b>paul ‘tut’ braithwaite, nick estcourt, clive rowland and mo anthoine</b> – it waited almost twenty-four years for a second ascent, and a further eleven years for a third. </p><p><i><b>the ogre</b></i>, by legendary mountaineer <b>doug scott</b>, is a two-part biography of this enigmatic peak: in the first part, scott has painstakingly researched the geography and history of the mountain; part two is the long overdue and very personal account of his and bonington’s first ascent and their dramatic week-long descent on which scott suffered <b>two broken legs</b> and bonington <b>smashed ribs</b>. using newly discovered diaries, letters and audio tapes, it tells of the heroic and selfless roles played by <b>clive rowland</b> and <b>mo anthoine</b>. when the desperate climbers finally made it back to base camp, they were to find it abandoned – and themselves still a long way from safety.</p><p><i><b>the ogre</b></i> is undoubtedly one of the greatest adventure stories of all time.</p>