The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2
Author(s):
Ridgeway, Rick
Copyright: 1980, Mountaineers, Seattle
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.vii, 301, 75 color photos, 2 maps, black cloth
Condition: signed by 20 – Anderson, Bates, Bell, Bonington, Buhler, Craig, Diemberger, Edmonds, Houston, Molenaar, Reichardt, Ridgeway, Roberts, Roskelley, Schaller, Schoening, Streather, Sumner, Whittaker, Wickwire, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine
The successful 1978 American expedition placed the first four Americans (Louis Reichardt, Rick Ridgeway, John Roskelly, and Jim Wickwire) on top of K2, the world’s second highest mountain and arguably the most difficult. Three of the team reached the summit without the use of supplemental oxygen. This particular copy is signed by all four summiters, expedition leader Whittaker, and five other team member; together with seven members of the 1953 American K2 expedition. Molenaar did the drawings. This is a great story.
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