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In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods
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In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods (1977) (edit title/settings)

by Galen A. Rowell (Author) (edit contributors)

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This is the first paperback editon of the classic eyewitness account, by photo-journalist and climber Galen Rowell, of the unsuccessful 1985 American attempt to scale K2, the world's second-highest mountain peak in the Karakoram Range between China and Kashmir. Black-and-white and color... read more

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The herdsman turned around for a last look at his home village.

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Preface
Section I DISCOVERY
1 The Herdsman
2 Explorers

Section II THE BALTORO OPENS UP
1 The Karakoram Closure
2 Invitation to the Karakoram
3 Beginnings
4 Meeting the Team

Section III DAWNINGS
1 Conway and Eckenstein
2 Portents from Wick's Journal
3 1974 in the Baltoro
4 The Journey Begins

Section IV SOMETHING HIDDEN
1 Akbar's Village
2 To Askole
3 First to K2
4 To Paiyu

Section V THE LEGACY OF HEINRICK HARRER
1 Extreme Climbing
2 Two Schallers
3 The Inheritor
4 Ibex

Section VI THE YEAR OF THE BALTORO
1 Nineteen Expeditions
2 Beethoven at Urdukas
3 The Duke
4 Trouble on the Glacier

Section VII THE MOUNTAIN
1 The First Americans on K2
2 K2 at Last
3 An American Tragedy on K2
4 Toward Savoia Pass

Section VIII THE STRUGGLE FOR K2
1 Americans Return to K2
2 The Revolt
3 Victory on K2
4 The Enduring Ridge

Section IX END OF MANY ROADS
1 Akbar's Plight
2 Concordia Again
3 At the Heels of Happiness
4 1975 Retrospect

EPILOGUE UNEXPECTED AFTERMATH

List of Illustrations
Selected Karakoram Bibliography
Selected Index of People and Place

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  1. Galen A. Rowell (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
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Publication Date: 1977
ISBN: 0871561840
Page Count: 326

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