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One Mountain Thousand Summits: The Untold Story of Tragedy and True Heroism on K2
By Freddie Wilkinson, hardcover, 352 pages, NAL Hardcover, list price: $24.95
Freddie Wilkinson, who is himself an experienced climber, also writes a detailed analysis of what transpired during the 2008 season. He offers a different perspective, though, in that he makes a concerted effort to tell the story from the Sherpas' point of view.
In one of the most dramatic scenes in Wilkinson's book, the collapsing ice cliff rips out the guide ropes, leaving climbers stranded high up on the mountain. One of the lead Sherpas climbs down without any protection through a steep, exposed section of ice. He returns safely to the high camp, where he's able to jump-start a rescue operation for the climbers stranded on the mountain.
Heil says he appreciates that Wilkinson took the Sherpas' version of the story into account. "They're a very big part of Himalayan mountaineering," he points out. "Very often they get short shrift in media accounts of what transpired."
Kalla: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129235100
One Mountain Thousand Summits: The Untold Story of Tragedy and True Heroism on K2
By Freddie Wilkinson, hardcover, 352 pages, NAL Hardcover, list price: $24.95
Freddie Wilkinson, who is himself an experienced climber, also writes a detailed analysis of what transpired during the 2008 season. He offers a different perspective, though, in that he makes a concerted effort to tell the story from the Sherpas' point of view.
In one of the most dramatic scenes in Wilkinson's book, the collapsing ice cliff rips out the guide ropes, leaving climbers stranded high up on the mountain. One of the lead Sherpas climbs down without any protection through a steep, exposed section of ice. He returns safely to the high camp, where he's able to jump-start a rescue operation for the climbers stranded on the mountain.
Heil says he appreciates that Wilkinson took the Sherpas' version of the story into account. "They're a very big part of Himalayan mountaineering," he points out. "Very often they get short shrift in media accounts of what transpired."
Kalla: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129235100
