K2 : one woman's quest for the summit
Howkins, Heidi2001
Book
Heidi Howkins' first person account is of the 2000 American expedition to K2. A single mother, she is one of only a handful of women in the world who are climbing 8000m peaks without the aid of high-altitude porters or supplementary oxygen.
Main title:
K2 : one woman's quest for the summit / Heidi Howkins.
Author:
Imprint:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society ; London : Hi Marketing [distributor], c2001.
Collation:
vii, 270p., [16]p. of plates : col. ill., col. ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
one woman's quest for the summit.
ISBN:
9780792279969 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.522092796.5220954
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
400252