{"product_id":"9781911342656-endless-knot","title":"The Endless Knot","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eK2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Endless Knot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is the harrowing account of the 1986 K2 disaster. \u003cb\u003eKurt Diemberger's\u003c\/b\u003e account of the final days of accident, during which five climbers died, is lacerating in its sense of tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA monumental book - I defy anyone to read it and remain unmoved. – \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Venables, Alpine Journal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed as one of the most powerful accounts of mountain adventure and tragedy ever written, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Endless Knot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a harrowing account of the 1986 \u003cb\u003eK2\u003c\/b\u003e disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA rare first-hand account from a survivor at the very epicentre of the drama, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Endless Knot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e describes the disaster in frank detail. \u003cb\u003eKurt Diemberger\u003c\/b\u003e's account of the final days of success, accident, storm and escape during which five climbers died, including his partner \u003cb\u003eJulie Tullis\u003c\/b\u003e and the great British mountaineer \u003cb\u003eAl Rouse\u003c\/b\u003e, is lacerating in its sense of tragedy, loss and dogged survival. Only Diemberger and Willi Bauer escaped the mountain. K2 had claimed the lives of 13 climbers that summer. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKurt Diemberger is one of only two climbers to have made first ascents of two 8000-metre peaks, \u003cb\u003eBroad Peak\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eDhaulagiri\u003c\/b\u003e. A superb mountaineer, the K2 trauma left him physically and emotionally ravaged, but it also marked him out as an instinctive and tenacious survivor. After a long period of recovery Diemberger published \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Endless Knot \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand resumed life as a mountaineer, filmmaker and international lecturer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41078841671777,"sku":"9781911342656","price":12.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/19624dc9f6a6bc0688036e9d40269a19.png?v=1700187378","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781911342656-endless-knot","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}