London/Seattle, 1999, 1st edition. 864 pp, 24 pp of photos, maps. New book with a small remainder mark on bottom edge. Thick hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED on the title page by Kurt Diemberger.
Kurt's three major books are reprinted in this omnibus: Summits and Secrets, The Endless Knot and Spirits of the Air. Essential reading on K2 and other Himalayan peaks.
Kurt Diemberger (born 1932 in Austria), is the only remaining person alive that has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres. In 1957, he made the first ascent of Broad Peak and in 1960, the first ascent of Dhaulagiri. Diemberger was also the last person to see Hermann Buhl alive before he fell through a cornice on Chogolisa. Diemberger was one of only two survivors in the 1986 K2 Disaster. On August 4, 1986, Diemberger and Julie Tullis reached the summit of K2 very late in the day.
