Deadly Peaks: Mountaineering's Greatest Triumphs and Tragedies

by Robert Hauptman, Frederic V. Hartemann

Deadly Peaks is a collection of the most notable mountaineering disasters and near-disasters in history. Exhaustively researched by two of the most respected authorities on mountaineering history, the book is structured in a unique way: Longer recitations in chronological order followed by a group of briefer narratives, which all offer an intimate glimpse into the worst case-scenarios high altitude adventure can offer.

304 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2016

Reviews

[Rob Neyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are a lot of things to like (or even love) about this book. But being completely frank, I got bogged down in the chapter about the Messners on Nanga Parbat in 1970, which is far, far longer than any other chapter in the book and I didn't detect any justification for that length.

[Daniel Kyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has a lot of good. However, there is a chapter that is about 100 pages in the middle of the book when the others are about 7 pages a piece. That chapter could have been its own book but it being a chapter made this book feel extremely slow