London, Baton Wicks, 2007, 1st UK edition. Pictorial hardcover - no dust jacket issued - with DVD in pocket at back. Fine condition.
Finalist for the 2007 Boardman Tasker prize.
It was a failed summit attempt and a failed rescue in the Himalaya that brought Charles Houston, M.D., fame and adulation in the mountaineering world. His leadership of the K2 expedition of 1953 is still celebrated as the embodiment of all that is right and good in the mountains. The USA hardcover edition is out of print, so we imported some UK editions which are identical!
Includes DVD documentary--with historical film footage--of the epic American attempts of K2 in 1938 and 1953, and the resulting rescue that remains one of mountaineering's most harrowing stories.