K2
Subtitle: savage mountain, savage summer
By: by John Barry.
Publisher: Oxford Illustrated Press; Haynes
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Sparkford, Nr. Yeovil, Somerset; Newbury Park, Calif., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Mountaineering -- Pakistan -- K2 (Mountain); K2 (Pakistan : Mountain) -- Description and travel.
Description: In K2: Savage Mountain, Savage Summer, John Barry pays tribute to Alan Rouse and tells the story of the team's unsuccessful attempts at the notoriously difficult North - West Ridge and the Abruzzi Spur; of the months spent on the mountain during a summer marked by prolonged and violent storms; of the loss of the other mountaineers from America, Poland, Pakistan, Francem, Austria, and Italy.