Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
In May 2005 Ed Viesturs became the first American to ascend all
fourteen of the world's 8,000-meter peaks. He lives in Bainbridge
Island, Washington, with his wife and three children. He still
climbs and seeks out new adventures.
David Roberts was the author of more than twenty books on
mountaineering, adventure, and history, including No Shortcuts to
the Top, K2, and The Will to Climb, which he co-wrote with Ed
Viesturs and a memoir OnThe Ridge Between Life and Death. He has
written for National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, and
Smithsonian.David Roberts passed away in 2021.
“Riveting . . . Viesturs illuminates K2’s challanges, triumphs,
tragedies, and follies.”—The Daily Beast
“Viesturs’s you-are-there narration communicates effortlessly the
enormous effort, and high adventure, of scaling K2.”—Publishers
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