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- Though not as tall as Everest, the "Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous.
- Author(s): Jennifer Jordan
- 352 Pages
- Sports + Recreation, Mountaineering
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An exhilarating story of victory and disaster, success and heartbreak, "Savage Summit" is a moving tribute to the five brave women who achieved the near-impossible by climbing the world's most feared mountain.Book Synopsis
Though not as tall as Everest, the "Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous. Located on the border of China and Pakistan, K2 has some of the harshest climbing conditions in the world. Ninety women have scaled Everest but of the six women who reached the summit of K2, three lost their lives on the way back down the mountain and two have since died on other climbs.
In Savage Summit, Jennifer Jordan shares the tragic, compelling, inspiring, and extraordinary true stories of a handful of courageous women -- mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, poets and engineers -- who defeated this formidable mountain yet ultimately perished in pursuit of their dreams.
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"Jordan...gives us a sense of the rapture that comes from standing on top of the world's highest mountains." -- Los Angeles Times
"For mountain-climbing enthusiasts and women's history buffs, Jordan's well-researched survey is worthwhile reading..." -- Publishers Weekly
"SAVAGE SUMMIT fills an interesting and neglected place in mountaineering literature." -- American Alpine Club Magazine
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