Seattle or London, Mountaineers or Baton Wicks, 2007, 1st USA or UK edition. Pictorial hardcover - no dust jacket issued - with K2 DVD in pocket at back. Fine-New condition. Winner of the the 2007 Boardman Tasker prize.
Includes a DVD of film footage that Charles Houston too on K2 in 1938 and 1953.
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.
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.