
Danger permeates the thin air of the high Karakoram peaks--whether from a slip at 28,000 feet or a bullet at lower altitudes.


- A memoir of adventure in one of the most dangerous places on the planet - The Karakoram is home to K2, the deadliest of the world's 8,000-meter peaks The best mountain climbing in the world, Steve Swenson will tell you, is in the Karakoram. Swenson has been climbing in these...