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9781585740512

Five Miles High

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  • ISBN13:

    9781585740512

  • ISBN10:

    1585740519

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2000-05-01
  • Publisher: Lyons Press
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Summary

The epic account of the 1938 American expedition to the summit of K2.

Author Biography

Charles S. Houston, M.D. a doctor of internal medicine, teaches at the University of Vermont. He lives in Burlington. Robert H. Bates a past president of the American Alpine Club, received his doctorate in English and taught at Phillips Exeter Academy for many years.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
Randy Wayne White
The Idea
1(6)
Charles S. Houston
Geographical and Historical
7(18)
Richard L. Burdsall
Biscuits and Boots
25(14)
Charles S. Houston
Into Kashmir
39(10)
Robert H. Bates
Over The Zoji La
49(22)
Robert H. Bates
The Indus Trail
71(34)
Robert H. Bates
To The Last Village
105(32)
Robert H. Bates
K2 At Last
137(18)
Robert H. Bates
Preliminary Reconnaissance
155(22)
William P. House
Up The Godwin-Austen Glacier
177(12)
William P. House
The Abruzzi Ridge
189(24)
William P. House
The Attack
213(42)
William P. House
Last Camps
255(18)
Charles S. Houston
Five Miles High
273(10)
Charles S. Houston
The Retreat
283(14)
Charles S. Houston
Ice And Angles
297(20)
Richard L. Burdsall
Return to Plenty
317(26)
Richard L. Burdsall
Appendices 343

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