Five Miles High by Charles S. Houston, Jim Wickwire, Robert H. Bates

432 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction travel adventurous emotional informative medium-paced
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Five Miles High is the epic account of the 1938 American Karakoram expedition to the summit of K2 - a climb considered more treacherous and difficult than Everest. Equipped with the most "modern" gear available to them - wool mittens, canvas tents...

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