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K2, The Savage Mountain: The Classic True Story of Disaster and Survival on the World's Second Highest Mountain

by Charles S. Houston, Robert H. Bates · 1954

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The 1953 American expedition to the second highest peak in the world.

Subject
biographyhistory
Genre
adventure
Themes
naturetravel
Setting
Pakistan
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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