- Published: 2 May 2011
- ISBN: 9780141044064
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $27.99
No Way Down
Life and Death on K2
- Published: 2 May 2011
- ISBN: 9780141044064
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $27.99
Riveting and powerful; an extraordinary story of an extraordinary tragedy. Reading No Way Down is the closest you can come to being on the summit of K2 on that fateful day
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
A gripping hour-by-hour dissection of events in the Western Himalaya over three deadly days... a fitting shelfmate to the modern classic Into Thin Air
Brian Schofield, Sunday Times
Stories of heroism, sadness and extraordinary endurance against all the odds are woven into a thrilling drama
Christopher Hudson, Daily Mail
Unputdownable... a portrait of extreme courage, folly and loss, leavened by a small dose of survival'
Financial Times
Artfully and assiduously pieces together an account of a fractious day in brutal real time. Fatality by fatality... devastating
New York Times
A tour de force of a book...a triumph of storytelling
Associated Press
Probably the best mountain-disaster memoir since Into Thin Air
Mail on Sunday
One of the best books I've ever read. But take it to the beach at your peril - it's impossible to put down. Sunburn is guaranteed
Outdoor Science