cover image K2, Triumph and Tragedy

K2, Triumph and Tragedy

Jim Curran. Mariner Books, $15 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-395-48590-3

In the summer of 1986, nine expeditions, representing 10 nationalities, attempted to conquer K-2, the world's second-highest mountain, located in Pakistan. Twenty-seven people reached the summit; 13 perished. Climber-photographer Curran has ``told a gripping story that belongs with the classics of mountaineering,'' praised PW. Photos. (Feb.)