K2: The Savage Mountain
Author(s):
Houston, Charles, Robert Bates, et al.
Copyright: 1954, McGraw-Hill, NY
Specifications: st, 8vo, pp.334, 9 color & 27 bw photos, 3 maps, appendices, red/black cloth
Condition: signed Houston & Bates, dj chipped top spine, edge wear, vg, cloth tight, near fine
Account of the 1953 3rd American Karakoram expedition to K2. One of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering with Schoening's incredible belay saving the entire expedition. A classic book and great read.
Neate H118, Yak H245.