Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers, 1980. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Fine condition in a Good dust jacket (edge chips). NOT price clipped ($19.95). NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked. 1979. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Introduction by Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Prelude by James W. Whittaker. Illustrated with 32 pages of full color photos. 7" wide by 10.25" tall. Bound in the original brown cloth. From the dust jacket: "Pakistan's magnificent K2 is known also as 'The savage mountain.' At 28,250 feet it is second only to Everest in height but first in difficulty to climb, endowed with the worst weather in the Himalaya. Five times, SAmerican mountaineers had tried to climb this mountaijmn, and failed. Five men had died in these attempts. This is the story of the year that the Americans took care of their unfinished business. In 1978, under the leadership of Everest-veteran Jim Whittake (himself trying K2 for the second time), fourteen men and women set out with a common goal: to work together to get somebody -- anybody -- to the top of K2.". INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Good dust jacket. vii, 305pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Title

The Last Step : The American Ascent of K2

Publisher

The Mountaineers, Seattle, Washington

Publication Date

1980

Language

English

ISBN 10

0898860075

ISBN 13

9780898860078

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Fine condition

Dust Jacket Condition

Good dust jacket

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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Mountain Climbing / Mountaineering / Rock Climbing

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Describes the efforts of a group of fifteen men and women to become the first Americans to climb the second tallest mountain in the world

About the Author

Rick Ridgeway is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, author, photographer, and environmentalist based in Ojai, California. He was included in National Geographic Adventure’s “Hall of Fame” in 2008-2009. His writings and photographs have appeared in many publications.

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