The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2"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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Contents
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Climbings Controversial Genius | 57 |
The 1939 American K2 Expedition Team | 76 |
The Getting There | 99 |
The Climb | 133 |
The Highest Men on Earth | 179 |
The Descent | 194 |
The Last Man on the Mountain | 208 |
Dudleys Vigil | 221 |
Coming Home | 233 |
The Reckoning | 267 |
Postscript The Worlds Highest Graveyard | 276 |
Index | 291 |
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The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2 Jennifer Jordan Limited preview - 2011 |
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The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death Of An American Adventurer On K2 Jennifer Jordan No preview available - 2011 |