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A review by oofie
Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, the World's Most Feared Mountain by Jennifer Jordan
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
This book talks about the first five women who summited K2, the second highest mountain in the world and one of the deadliest.
I love reading books about mountaineering/extreme climbing. The grit and perseverance these people have is absolutely insane. They have terrible things happen to them on these peaks, basically every time they try to summit literally any of these monster mountains. Despite this, they go back again and again.
Probably the coolest part of this book is that it's not just about mountaineers, but female mountaineers. These are women who are passionate about their craft and the mountains they climb, and show the world that women can not only do hard things, but *really* hard things.
It's both awe-inspiring and sad to see the way all of their stories ended, but cool to see how their stories went in the first place.
I would recommend this book if you like reading about mountaineering, extreme climbing, women in extreme sports, and just the stories of women in general.
I love reading books about mountaineering/extreme climbing. The grit and perseverance these people have is absolutely insane. They have terrible things happen to them on these peaks, basically every time they try to summit literally any of these monster mountains. Despite this, they go back again and again.
Probably the coolest part of this book is that it's not just about mountaineers, but female mountaineers. These are women who are passionate about their craft and the mountains they climb, and show the world that women can not only do hard things, but *really* hard things.
It's both awe-inspiring and sad to see the way all of their stories ended, but cool to see how their stories went in the first place.
I would recommend this book if you like reading about mountaineering, extreme climbing, women in extreme sports, and just the stories of women in general.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death