K2: Challenging the Sky [Hardcover]

Kurt Diemberger (Author), Roberto Mantovani (Author), Neil Davenport (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1997

162 color photos. 10 3/4 x 14 1/4.

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Editorial Reviews

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898865182
• ISBN-13: 978-0898865189
• Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 10.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,387,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous pictures, somewhat dry text, January 13, 2000

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James M. Hare (Western South Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: K2: Challenging the Sky (Hardcover)

-although the text may just have suffered in the translations. If you want to see the single best collection of K2 photographs I've ever seen, and I have them all, this is the book for you. A bargain at anything less than about $250.00, it's bound and published beautifully (at least my copy was!)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent photos, Rich in History, August 24, 2000

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Mad Dog "maddog6969" (TimbuckThree, Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: K2: Challenging the Sky (Hardcover)

If you've read all the classic historical books of ascents on K2 except this one, your library is incomplete. The power of this book is in part within it's outstanding photography and also has to do with how well it pulls so much information together. This is a complex mountain but the information is presented clearly such that one feels more comfortable with the different sides of the mountain and their challenges to the climber.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marvellous pictures. You instantly dream to be there., September 10, 1999

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[e-mail], Michele Cacciottolo (Fair Lawn, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: K2: Challenging the Sky (Hardcover)

This book is a very good one. I found it to be the best companion (for the beautiful photos in large format e for showing clearly the several attempted routes on K2) to another 5-star book, "K2, Triumph and Tragedy". Bravo Roberto Mantovani!