Ebook: The endless knot: k2 mountain of dreams and destiny

Acknowledgements; K2 from both sides; Introduction; Biography; K2 ... The Peak We Most Desired; The Lonely Mountain; The Boat; Dream Mountain -- K2 from the North; England -- Tunbridge Wells; Italy -- Bologna; Raid on Broad Peak; Tashigang -- Place of Happiness; Jinlab -- the Magic of the Mountains; The Village on the Moraine; Threats Posed to Health by High Altitude; Success and Tragedy -- Russian Roulette?; Julie Has Doubts; The Ice Avalanche and the Riddle of the Teapot; The Decision -- We Go Together; Pushing to Great Heights; The Korean Tent; The Key Factor -- A Tent; The Lost Day.;‘A monumental book … I defy anyone to read it and remain unmoved.' Stephen Venables, Alpine Journal Acclaimed as one of the most powerful accounts of mountain adventure and tragedy ever written, The Endless Knot is a harrowing account of the 1986 K2 disaster. A rare first-hand account from a survivor at the very epicentre of the drama, The Endless Knot describes the disaster in frank detail. Kurt Diemberger's account of the final days of success, accident, storm and escape during which five climbers died, including his partner Julie Tullis and the great British mountaineer Al Rouse, is lacerat.