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Jim Curran, himself a survivor of 1986, has traced the history of the mountain from the nineteenth-century pioneer explorers down to the present, and sees a repeating pattern of naked ambition, rivalry, misjudgment and recrimination. He has also found selfless heroism and impressive route-making on the mountain that top climbers will always covet as the ultimate prizeCurran, Jim is the author of 'K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain' with ISBN 9780898864557 and ISBN 0898864550.
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