Challenge to K2
Author(s):
[Japan]. Komatsu, Yoshio
Copyright: 1983, Shinchosha, Tokyo
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.119, 69 color & 23 bw photos, color map, photo eps, wraps w/ dj
Condition: dj fine, internally fine
Account of the first ascent of K2’s West Ridge in 1981. The Japanese were able to finish off this difficult route first started by Chris Bonington in 1976 and Doug Scott in 1980, placing two members on the summit. This is a good companion book to the Waseda University account. Scarce, privately published. In Japanese, no English translation.
Yak jK322 (3rd ed).