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"A fascinating tale…Readers who are into high-altitude adventure stories won’t be disappointed." —Associated Press In 1939 the Savage Mountain claimed its first victim. Born into vast wealth yet uneasy with a life of leisure, Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Rockport, Maine, set out to become the first man to climb K2, the world’s second-highest mountain and, in the opinion of mountaineers, an even more formidable challenge than Mt. Everest. Although close to middle age and inexperienced at high altitude, Wolfe, with the team leader, made it higher than any other members of the expedition, but he couldn’t get back down. Suffering from altitude sickness and severe dehydration, he was abandoned at nearly 25,000 feet; it would be another sixty-three years before the author discovered his remains.

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  • Author : Jennifer Jordan
  • Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
  • Genre : Sports & Recreation
  • Total Pages : 320 pages
  • ISBN : 0393079198
  • PDF File Size : 38,8 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 3.5/5 from 2 reviews

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