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K2 books reviewed on NPR August 18

by Palisades79 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:03 pm

NPR has a very interesting review of three recent K2 books today .It's about to be replayed now.
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Re: K2 books reviewed on NPR August 18

by Marmaduke » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:20 pm

Palisades79 wrote:NPR has a very interesting review of three recent K2 books today .It's about to be replayed now.


With the extremist views NPR has I don't know how much I would personally take from their reviews. But I just finished Ed Viesturs book, "K2, Life and Death on the Worlds Most Dangerous Mountain. And Bradley Washburn, The Last of His Kind by David Roberts and they were both very good.
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by JasonH » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:57 pm

Neophiteat48 wrote:
Palisades79 wrote:NPR has a very interesting review of three recent K2 books today .It's about to be replayed now.


With the extremist views NPR has I don't know how much I would personally take from their reviews. But I just finished Ed Viesturs book, "K2, Life and Death on the Worlds Most Dangerous Mountain. And Bradley Washburn, The Last of His Kind by David Roberts and they were both very good.


Good grief.
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by dskoon » Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:34 pm

JasonH wrote:
Neophiteat48 wrote:
Palisades79 wrote:NPR has a very interesting review of three recent K2 books today .It's about to be replayed now.


With the extremist views NPR has I don't know how much I would personally take from their reviews. But I just finished Ed Viesturs book, "K2, Life and Death on the Worlds Most Dangerous Mountain. And Bradley Washburn, The Last of His Kind by David Roberts and they were both very good.


Good grief.


:lol: :lol: "extremist." Yikes!
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by Marmaduke » Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:40 pm

dskoon wrote:
JasonH wrote:
Neophiteat48 wrote:
Palisades79 wrote:NPR has a very interesting review of three recent K2 books today .It's about to be replayed now.


With the extremist views NPR has I don't know how much I would personally take from their reviews. But I just finished Ed Viesturs book, "K2, Life and Death on the Worlds Most Dangerous Mountain. And Bradley Washburn, The Last of His Kind by David Roberts and they were both very good.


Good grief.


:lol: :lol: "extremist." Yikes!



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by aedwards » Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:03 pm

One can listen here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3

Reviews by Nick Heil.
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