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- 2010014201 abstract "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 Jennifer Jordan discovered his remains. Here, readers follow Wolfe from the salons of Europe to the most forbidding landscape on earth.--From publisher description.".
- 2010014201 contributor B11753644.
- 2010014201 coverage "K2 (Pakistan : Mountain)".
- 2010014201 created "c2010.".
- 2010014201 date "2010".
- 2010014201 date "c2010.".
- 2010014201 dateCopyrighted "c2010.".
- 2010014201 description "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 Jennifer Jordan discovered his remains. Here, readers follow Wolfe from the salons of Europe to the most forbidding landscape on earth.--From publisher description.".
- 2010014201 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-289) and index.".
- 2010014201 description "The Godwin-Austen Glacier, K2, July 2002 -- An invitation to the ends of the earth -- The gentleman soldier and sailor -- Climbing's controversial genius -- The 1939 American K2 Expedition Team -- The getting there -- The climb -- A family waits -- The highest men on earth -- The descent -- The last man on the mountain -- Dudley's vigil -- Coming home -- The reckoning -- The world's highest graveyard.".
- 2010014201 extent "302 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- 2010014201 identifier "9780393077780".
- 2010014201 issued "2010".
- 2010014201 issued "c2010.".
- 2010014201 language "eng".
- 2010014201 publisher "New York : W. W. Norton & Co.,".
- 2010014201 spatial "K2 (Pakistan : Mountain)".
- 2010014201 spatial "Pakistan K2 ( Mountain)".
- 2010014201 spatial "Pakistan K2 (Mountain)".
- 2010014201 spatial "United States".
- 2010014201 subject "796.522092 B 22".
- 2010014201 subject "GV199.44.P18 J67 2010".
- 2010014201 subject "Mountaineering Pakistan K2 (Mountain)".
- 2010014201 subject "Mountaineering accidents Pakistan K2 ( Mountain)".
- 2010014201 subject "Mountaineers United States Biography.".
- 2010014201 subject "Wolfe, Dudley.".
- 2010014201 tableOfContents "The Godwin-Austen Glacier, K2, July 2002 -- An invitation to the ends of the earth -- The gentleman soldier and sailor -- Climbing's controversial genius -- The 1939 American K2 Expedition Team -- The getting there -- The climb -- A family waits -- The highest men on earth -- The descent -- The last man on the mountain -- Dudley's vigil -- Coming home -- The reckoning -- The world's highest graveyard.".
- 2010014201 title "The last man on the mountain : the death of an American adventurer on K2 / Jennifer Jordan.".
- 2010014201 type "text".