K2: Mountain of Mountains [Hardcover]

Reinhold Messner (Author)

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Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 11, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195202538
• ISBN-13: 978-0195202533
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,168,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Messner is the King of the Mountains, December 6, 2005

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TJ Burr "TJ" (High Country) - See all my reviews

This review is from: K2: Mountain of Mountains (Hardcover)

Hail to the king of the mountaineers! Read about Messner's climb of K2 without oxygen - an amazing feat even for today's best-conditioned climbers. I'm continually amazed of Reinhold's incredible fitness and knack for survival. He survived so many adventures in some of the world's toughest places. Lance Armstrong is a super human cyclist, and Reinhold Messner is a super human mountaineer. The greatest thing about his success is that he survived all of his epic climbs. It is a 3-4 star book, but a 5-plus star adventure.
For another book with tales of adventure on a more "recreational" scale, try "Rocky Mountain Adventure Collection."

Note to Amazon: You may delete my other, older review if you would like to.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Messner is the King of the Mountains, August 4, 1999

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TJ Burr - See all my reviews

This review is from: K2: Mountain of Mountains (Hardcover)

Hail to the king of the mountaineers! Read about Messner's climb of K2 without oxygen - an amazing feat even for today's best conditioned climbers. For another book with tales of adventure on a slightly smaller scale, try "Rocky Mountain Adventure Collection."