London, 1987, 1st edition. 187 pp, color photos, maps. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine.
Barry was part of the 1986 British K2 team led by Al Rouse, who died on the peak with Julie Tullis and others.
This is the book on the 1986 K2 disaster which refers to a period from 6 August to 10 August 1986, when five mountaineers died on the eight-thousander K2, in the Karakoram, during a summer of severe severe storms. Eight other climbers were killed in the weeks preceding, bringing the total number of deaths that climbing season to 13.