2 K2 Books: 5 Miles High & K2 The Savage Mountain Bates & Houston New Paperbacks

Description: A lot of Two Brand New Paperbacks: Five Miles High by Bob Bates & Charles Houston K2 The Savage Mountain by Bob Bates & Charles Houston Both books are New Quality Paperbacks. Free Shipping! Multiple sets are available FIVE MILES HIGH: 1999 [1939], 381 pp, photos. One of the classics of Himalayan climbing: an account of the 1938 American K2 expedition, where Paul Petzoldt nearly summited. This is the epic account of the 1938 American Karakoram expedition to K2, a climb considered more treacherous and difficult than Everest. Equipped with the most 'modern' gear available to them--wool mittens, canvas tents, and buckle-up, leather-strapped crampons -- this group of young men set out to surmount the insurmountable. A four-month-long journey would take them nearly 27,000 feet above sea level and hundreds of miles from any sign of humanity. With a shrewd wit and a survivalist's sense of determination, two of the six climbers provide an intimate and gripping account of their adventures, evoking all the terror, excitement, and pure exaltation of standing, five miles high, on a part of the globe where no person has stood before. Paperback, New.K2 THE SAVAGE MOUNTAIN: 2009 [1954]. 191 pp, photos, maps and diagrams. New foreword by Jim Wickwire, one of the first Americans to climb K2. An American climbing classic. The 1953 American attempt on K2 was marked by the highest levels of climbing heroism. New Paperback. This is the account of one of the greatest and now legendary episodes in the history of high altitude mountaineering, the 1953 K2 expedition. High on the world's second highest mountain, above the steepest & most treacherous sections of the climb, a team member became gravely ill. Chances were that he would die. But the team (all eight were together) refused to abandon their buddy, and, with considerable peril to their own safety, committed to the impossible task of dragging, lowering, and carrying their stricken comrade back down the mountain. There was an accident. All should have died. This is a must read for those who like adventure and admire selfless teamwork. Between 2005 and 2010 the publisher had extra copies of these books and we were in the right place at the right time! We grabbed then all. They came to us in their original publisher's boxes and had never been opened. There are no black remainder marks as you may find (and not mentioned) on the edges of other ebay listings for this book. We guarantee satisfaction with all items purchased and will replace or refund anything not satisfactory.We are Chessler Mountaineering Books of Evergreen Colorado. Since 1984 we have been the USA's, perhaps the world's, leading bookseller specializing in rock and ice climbing and mountaineering or mountain climbing. We sell by Internet only. We carry dozens of climbing DVDs and thousands of climbing books. We have been an ebay seller for over twenty years - since 1998 - and have over 12,000 feedbacks! We carry almost all new climbing books, including mountaineering, rock and ice climbing guidebooks, plus used and collectible books for the USA mountains, Tetons, Yosemite, Alps, Alaska, Canada, Caucasus, Mexico, South America Andes, Himalaya, Karakoram, New Zealand and Australia, Everest, K2, the Seven Summits, with many at very low prices. Our super specialty within climbing is Signed and Autographed books. We offer books that we had personally signed by such climbers as John Harlin III, Edmund Hillary, Chris Bonington, Reinhold Messner, Peter Habeler, Jim Whittaker, Tom Hornbein, Heinrich Harrer, Maurice Herzog, and dozens more. We guarantee satisfaction with all items purchased and will replace or refund anything not satisfactory. Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! We are Chesslerbooks, and since 1984 we have been the leading bookseller in the USA of mountaineering and rock climbing books. We sell new, used, and collectible books, but the category that we all like the best are bargain books! The fine print: We are semi-retired and do not ship books every day! Sometimes we ship just once a week, usually on Fridays! Please do not complain if your order takes 2 weeks to arrive! No international shipping on this item. Why we do not use tracking. We do not use tracking because it will not find your lost book, it will not get it to you faster, it will not provide any service other than knowing that your package is stuck in Newark or Reno! The Post Office does not look for lost or late books! We have sold a half million climbing books since 1984, and at most we lose 3 a year, which we replace or refund of course. Lost parcels are a myth! Please do not call us for a tracking number!

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