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Himalaya Mountains Himalaya Mountains Description and travel Howkins, Heidi K2 (Pakistan : Mountain) Mountaineering expeditions Mountaineering Himalaya Mountains Mountaineering Psychological aspects Mountaineers United States Biography Women mountaineers Himalaya Mountains Women mountaineers United States BiographyConefrey, Mick
Summary: At 28,251 ft, K2 might be almost 800 ft shorter than Everest, but it's a far harder climb. In this definitive account, Mick Conefrey grippingly describes the early attempts to reach the summit and provides a fascinating exploration of the first ascent's complex legacy. From the drug-addicted occultist Aleister Crowley to Achille Compagnoni and Lindo Lacedelli, the Italian duo who finally made...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld Publications Ltd 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.54 CONSummary: Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MERJackson, Monica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 JACHowkins, Heidi.
Summary: The tales of a single mother who has climbed K2, just a little lower than Everest, but "steeper, tougher, and deadlier."--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adventure Press/National Geographic 2001