--- product_id: 1697131 title: "K2: Triumph And Tragedy" brand: "jim curran" price: "€ 51.74" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/1697131-k2-triumph-and-tragedy store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # K2: Triumph And Tragedy **Brand:** jim curran **Price:** € 51.74 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** K2: Triumph And Tragedy by jim curran - **How much does it cost?** € 51.74 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/1697131-k2-triumph-and-tragedy) ## Best For - jim curran enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted jim curran brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![K2: Triumph And Tragedy - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41RQTUDyIxL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Is K2 worse than Everest? *by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2017* The World’s Second-Highest Mountain… All 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks are located in the Himalaya or the Karakoram ranges in Asia. Of the group, Everest reigns as the supreme highest mountain in the world. And yet it is a neighbor with the strange name of “K2” that many consider the harder to climb. Everest is deadly, but the ridges running up to the summit are said to be less challenging than K2. K2 is the true monster among mountains.During 1986, twenty-seven persons made the summit of K2, a triumph for the climbers. But thirteen persons lost their lives that year in the attempt to master what many have named “The Savage Mountain.”Author Jim Curran was on the mountain during the summer of 1986. His work as a climbing cameraman for the British Fullers Expedition gave him plenty of insight into the climbers and the mountain.Some of those who reached the summit of K2 that summer died on their way down. In fact, seven of the thirteen had reached the summit before disaster overtook them. Two Americans were killed in an avalanche, one man fell to his death in a crevasse just out of base camp, and seven were trapped at 26,000 feet for days. Only two would survive and they were almost dead when they finally were helped into base camp.But all was not tragedy. A young man named Benoit Chamoux made an historic 23 hour climb. Wanda Rutkiewicz became the first woman to summit K2. There were moments of heroism, including the author’s rescue of one of the two survivors of the summit disaster.Curran tells his story much like he lived it, one day at a time. We witness his rejoicing at the accomplishments of the climbers. We feel his anxiety when his friends are trapped for days. He shares his sorrow for the ones who were left behind, dead on the savage mountain that claimed their lives.This is a fascinating account of triumph and tragedy. I give the book four stars.Quoth the Raven… ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Worst climbing tragedy on K2. *by B***2 on Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2016* Well written account of the 1986 achievements and deaths on K2. Twenty-seven climbed the mountain that year. Thirteen died. Eight died above 8,000m. The other five died from a falling rock, avalanches, and falls.I found a very crucial piece of information that apparently had not been read or heeded by most climbers on K2 in 2008 when eleven climbers died in similar circumstances. That is that a Korean summiteer in 1986, tried to fix the cut line across the traverse under the serac and put up a new line for others to traverse. Unfortunately, he left about a three foot hank of rope hanging down between the old and new rope line that others in the dark, and in fatigued conditions clipped onto and fell from in the dark. In 2008, many people who did summit couldn't find their way back to the fixed rope. Those with skills, used their crampons and ice axes to go down a near vertical wall of ice. Others, sat down to wait for morning. I think the lesson is, you have to plan to save yourself if possible . Cecilie went on later to be the first woman to win the Explorers Grand Slam, climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents and going to both the north and south poles.In 2008, only Cecile Skog's team knowingly carried a 300' length of climbing rope for emergencies such as this, and fixed a crucial line just cut from an avalanche under this terrible serac, which also took her new husband down to his death.Jim was a minimal climber. He was along for videography, photos, and ultimately a documentary. He was the last member of his team left there by the time he trekked out to go home. I highly recommend this book to people like me who are interested in climbing, and especially for climbers. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Another K2 tragedy *by G***I on Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2022* Once again it shows what happens when an art or triumphant attempts are tried to make look simple and easy! 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