Full name: The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2

Author: Rick Ridgeway Year: 1980 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Adventure, Non Fiction, Travel Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780898866322 9781594858611 0898866324 1594858616

In September 1978, after 67 days on the mountain--nearly all of them above 18,000 feet--Ridgeway and three others stood atop K2, the first Americans ever to accomplish this feat. The Last Step tells the story of their extraordinary expedition. Illustrations. of color photos. Similar books: K2, the Savage Mountain by Charles Houston K2, Triumph and Tragedy by Jim Curran K2 by Ed Viesturs No Way Down by Graham Bowley The Beckoning Silence by Joe Simpson Buried in the Sky by Peter Zuckerman Savage Summit by Jennifer Jordan Mountaineering by The Mountaineers Where the Mountain Casts its Shadow by Maria Coffey Fragile Edge by Maria Coffey Dark Shadows Falling by Joe Simpson No Shortcuts to the Top by Ed Viesturs Kiss or Kill by Mark Twight Below Another Sky by Rick Ridgeway On the Ridge Between Life and Death by David Roberts The Shadow of Kilimanjaro by Rick Ridgeway The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko Appalachian Trials by Zach Davis AWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller Man Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett