{"product_id":"k2-by-david-roberts-9780767932608","title":"K2","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, Ed Viesturs, the first American to ascend all fourteen of the world's 8,000-metre peaks, and perhaps the world's most renowned climber today, explores the history of climbing \u003cem\u003eK2\u003c\/em\u003e—including his own climbs and 2008's deadly disaster that took eleven lives in a single day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of \u003cem\u003eThe Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNo Shortcuts to the Top\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Gripping . . . reveals a good deal about the rarefied noble-gonzo world of high-altitude mountaineering.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEd Viesturs, one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers, explores the remarkable history of \u003cem\u003eK2\u003c\/em\u003e and of those who have attempted to conquer it. At the same time, he probes the mountain's most memorable sagas in order to illustrate lessons about the fundamental questions mountaineering raises—questions of risk, ambition, loyalty to one's teammates, self-sacrifice, and the price of glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eViesturs knows the mountain firsthand. He and renowned alpinist Scott Fischer climbed it in 1992 and got caught in an avalanche that sent them sliding to almost certain death before Ed managed to get into a self-arrest position with his ice ax and stop both his fall and Scott's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on seven of the mountain's most dramatic campaigns, from his own troubled ascent to the 2008 tragedy, Viesturs crafts an edge-of-your-seat narrative that climbers and armchair travellers alike will find unforgettably compelling. With photographs from Viesturs's personal collection and from historical sources, this is the definitive account of the world's ultimate mountain, and of the lessons that can be gleaned from struggling toward its elusive summit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471048917228,"sku":"9780767932608","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780767932608-k2.jpg?v=1775231297","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/k2-by-david-roberts-9780767932608","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}