Savage Summit : The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, the World's Most Feared Mountain

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Summary: SAVAGE SUMMIT - A "MUST READ"
Review: Jennifer Jordan has captured the danger, the journeys themselves, and the character and personality of the 5 women (now 6, I understand) who made it to the top of K2, all of whom ultimately perished in climbing accidents. She has delved into each woman's background, climbing experience, and psyche through interviews with friends and relatives of the women. It is apparent that Ms. Jordan spent a great amount of time in researching K2, as well as the other 8,000-meter peaks that she so vividly describes. This is truly a book that I couldn't put down.

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Summary: SAVAGE SUMMIT SOARS!!!!!
Review: With tears in my eyes, I have just closed the last page of Savage Summit - I have not read a book that has touched me so in a very long while - the author wrote so succinctly about all the phases of climbing that I felt that I was right there scaling the ice faces with the climbers - The poignancy
and the depth that she gave to each woman was so clear that you were able to have each and every one of them touch your heart - it is a perfectly marvelous book from every aspect - the details, the pain, the joy, and the depths of despair that these men and women went through is indelibly brought out by her writing - I cannot wait for her next book! - It is bound to be a best seller.