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Buried in the sky : the extraordinary story of the Sherpa climbers on K2's deadliest day / Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan.

Author Zuckerman, Peter.

ImprintNew York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.

Descriptionxvi, 285 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Abstract:Presents the stories of the Sherpas who have acted as expert consultants to Westerners climbing the Himalayas, focusing in particular on Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Pasang Lama, who survived when eleven other climbers died on K2 in August 2008.

ISBN:9780393079883

ISBN:0393079880

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