No Way Down, Life and Death On K2 (2010) (28 page)

GRAHAM BOWLEY
is a reporter for the
New York Times.
He grew up in England and lives in New York with his wife and three children.

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NO WAY DOWN
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FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bowley, Graham.

No way down: life and death on K2 / by Graham Bowley.

p. cm.

Summary: “A dramatic account of the worst disaster in the history of mountain climbing on K2, the world's second highest peak”—Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-0-06-183478-3 (hardback)

1 Mountaineering—Pakistan—K2 (Mountain) 2. Mountains—Pakistan—K2 (Mountain)—Difficulty of ascent. 3. Mountaineers—Pakistan—K2 (Mountain) 4. Mountaineering accidents—Pakistan—K2 (Mountain) 5. K2 (Pakistan: Mountain)—Description and travel. I. Title.

GV199.44.P18B68    2010

796.522095491—dc22        2010005706

EPub Edition © May 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-200290-7

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