No Way Down

Life and Death on K2

By: Graham Bowley

Narrated by: Sam Breen

"No Way Down is both a gripping read and a clear-eyed investigation of the hubris, politics, and bad luck that brought on one of the worst disasters in modern mountaineering history."—Michael Kodas, author of High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed

"Graham Bowley's No Way Down does a great job of putting you on the mountain. It is a refreshingly unadorned account of the true brutality of climbing K2, where heroes emerge and egos are stripped down, and the only thing achieving immortality is the cold ruthless mountain."—Norman Ollestad, author of Crazy for the Storm

In the tradition of Into Thin Air and Touching the Void, No Way Down by New York Times reporter Graham Bowley is the harrowing account of the worst mountain climbing disaster on K2, second to Everest in height . . . but second to no peak in terms of danger. From tragic deaths to unbelievable stories of heroism and survival, No Way Down is an amazing feat of storytelling and adventure writing, and, in the words of explorer and author Sir Ranulph Fiennes, "the closest you can come to being on the summit of K2 on that fateful day."

©2010 Graham Bowley (P)2023 Tantor

Really good book. Intense, detailed, tragic, &well-told, factual accounting of events.

This book focused on details, accuracy, and helping the readers experience what the individuals in the account experienced. I listened to the book, watched several YouTube videos on this event, then listened again. The videos helped me put faces and personalities with each individual in the book. Thorough but doesn't muddy the account with long delves into history that would be irrelevant to the account at hand.

Why and yet maybe I know why

A true story. More of a documentary , researched, but still with its mystery. Valor, courage, bad luck or maybe a bad risk? The narrator was perfect, the facts , where known, are there for all to read and hear, but the courage of the Sherpas and Haps and the daring of the mountaineers is indisputable. True Olympians, all.

enthralling!

Great detail and wonderful recounting of an unimaginable tragedy. RIP to all climbers involved in this tale.

mans quest

it was long but kept my attention. I liked! he different teams and personalities

Enthralled, always read about Everest Disasters but K-2 is in a class of its own.

Rawness of the story and amazing humans that enter this world. The book takes you vividly there.