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K2: Challenging the Sky [Hardcover]

Roberto Mantovani (Author), Kurt Diemberger (Author)

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Publication Date: September 1995

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

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Text: English (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

Hardcover: 141 pages
Publisher: Smithmark Pub (September 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0831710721
ISBN-13: 978-0831710729
Product Dimensions: 14.1 x 10.4 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,809,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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

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-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!)

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

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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.

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

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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!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular photos of K2 and descriptions of the first ascent attempts and all significant climbs since
A beautiful coffee-table type book with spectacular photos and good information mostly from Kurt Diemberger's book Endless Knot. Read more

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