The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2

Ridgeway, Rick; Senator Edward Kennedy (Introduction); James W. Whittaker (Prelude)

ISBN 10: 0898860075 / ISBN 13: 9780898860078

Published by The Mountaineers, Seattle, WA, 1980

About this Item

Signed on front free endpapers by James W. Whittaker, Diane Roberts and Jim Wickwire.?First Edition. Bumping to boards and to bottom of outer spine. Light soiling to text block. Scuffing to boards. Gilding on outer spine. Light age wear to front and back paste-downs and to text block. Significant reading, handling and shelf wear to dust jacket. Heavy creasing and scuffing to dust jacket. Age wear and chipping to dust jacket. Missing piece of dust jacket, top outer spine. Signed on front free endpapers by James W. Whittaker, Diane Roberts and Jim Wickwire.

Seller Inventory # 10819

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2
• Publisher: The Mountaineers, Seattle, WA
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898860075
• ISBN 13: 9780898860078
• Binding: Hardcover, 301 pages
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Editions
  • Signed Books
  • History

About this title

Synopsis

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.