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When eleven climbers died on K2 in 2008, two Sherpas survived. Their astonishing tale became the stuff of mountaineering legend. This white-knuckle adventure follows the Sherpas from their remote villages in Nepal to the peak of the world's most dangerous mountain, recounting one of the most dramatic disasters in alpine…
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I was fascinated with Buried in the Sky since K2 is one of those rarely climbed peaks that most mountaineers dream about and wonder about. I’ve climbed through sketchy glaciers and vulnerable seracs, praying that they remained stable long enough for me to pass.
Reading the stories from the surviving Sherpa brought shivers to my body. I can’t imagine those final seconds of ice impact and accelerated falling for the deceased climbers.
From Brian's list on mountaineering from a solo summiteer and survivor.
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