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K2: Life And Death On The World's Most Dangerous Mountain (2009)

by Ed Viesturs(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0767932501 (ISBN13: 9780767932509)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Crown Archetype

review 1: I could not finish this book and I always just try to plow through to the end. It's astounding to me how Viesturs can take such amazing stories about K2 and somehow make them boring. I found the writing lacking (what the heck was Roberts contributing?) and at times the book was all over the place, which left me confused and disconnected from any momentum. Viesturs also came across as kind of a know it all. He said several times that he didn't like people passing judgment on expeditions when they were not there; yet, that is exactly what he did and it was annoying. I saw an interview done with him and he didn't seem arrogant at all. If that's the case, I think his editor did him a disservice by letting this go to print. He should let the writers do the writing and stick to ... moreHA mountain climbing, which he's clearly very gifted in.
review 2: I love non-fiction survival stories ("Into Thin Air" being one of my favorites). Ed Viesturs' book is a solid survey of several important K2 expeditions. Naturally (morbidly?), I find the tragic cases more compelling than the brotherhood-of-the-rope stories. Still Viesturs' does a nice job of combining various reports and chronicles of the major expeditions while also offering his own expertise and insights. I still prefer Krakauer's in-depth account on Everest, but this is nonetheless a nice overview of the good and bad of K2. less

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