Life and Death on K2
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Köp båda 2 för 368 krDas stärkste Buch über ein Bergunglück seit Jon Krakauers »In eisige Höhen«. Im August 2008 ereignet sich das bislang schwerste Unglück am K2. Im Abstieg wird ein Team erfahrener Alpinisten aus der Wand gerissen, ein gewaltiger Eisblock versperrt ...
Riveting and powerful; an extraordinary story of an extraordinary tragedy. Reading No Way Down is the closest you can come to being on the summit of K2 on that fateful day -- Sir Ranulph Fiennes A gripping hour-by-hour dissection of events in the Western Himalaya over three deadly days... a fitting shelfmate to the modern classic Into Thin Air -- Brian Schofield * Sunday Times * Stories of heroism, sadness and extraordinary endurance against all the odds are woven into a thrilling drama -- Christopher Hudson * Daily Mail * Unputdownable... a portrait of extreme courage, folly and loss, leavened by a small dose of survival' * Financial Times * Artfully and assiduously pieces together an account of a fractious day in brutal real time. Fatality by fatality... devastating * New York Times * A tour de force of a book...a triumph of storytelling * Associated Press * Probably the best mountain-disaster memoir since Into Thin Air * Mail on Sunday * One of the best books I've ever read. But take it to the beach at your peril - it's impossible to put down. Sunburn is guaranteed * Outdoor Science *
Graham Bowley was born in England in 1968. He is a reporter for the New York Times. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and their two daughters and son.