Nicole’s Reviews > The Summit: How Triumph Turned to Tragedy on K2’s Deadliest Days > Status Update

“It had taken Jehan over half an hour to get his crampons on and he struggled with his head torch.”

HOW ON EARTH DO YOU MISS SUCH A CLEAR AND BLATANT SIGN OF ALTITUDE SICKNESS????????? it shouldn't take more than a few minutes

there is a repeating theme of.. not quite outright selfishness.. but certainly a self-centeredness amongst some people

Jehan should have been escorted down the mountain

a real sliding doors moment

very moved to read about shaheen's rescue (bc of high altitude pulmonary oedema) the way his inexperienced friend nadir didn't hesitate to a) trek for hours across the glacier and b) climb 1700m at a ~65° gradient AT NIGHT

they were both extremely lucky mohammad amin met them on the descent bc shaheen would be toast otherwise

holy moly

wilco, you cheap bastard. your cook could have died snfkkdkd what is wrong with you???? at first I thought his brusqueness was just him being dutch, but I think he's actually kind of a nasty little man instead

newleyweds, parties, and extra supplies of mars bars (excellent choice btw) really feels like one of those “moments before disaster”

pg48's anecdote about the donkey is SO unserious

the book suggests that broad peak was known as K3 under montgomerie's nomenclature but I'm so confused. I am certain that gasherbrum iv is the real K3, and that broad peak never got a K name since during the survery, montgomerie never really saw it since it was hidden from view by masherbrum, itself aka K1

the index also features this mistake :\

a bit sloppy ngl

so far aleister crowley and a member of the italian royal house of savoy have shown up (the standard / most popular route up K2 (abruzzi) is named after him)

I am kind of obsessed with this mountain and its truth is every bit as strange as its mythos