KARAKORAM Running Time: 47 minutes $24.95 / DVD or VHS |
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The world's most famous mountaineering twins, Lou and Jim Whittaker, join this expedition to the second highest mountain in the world, K2. This mountain, with it's sheer rock face, is considered by many mountaineers more difficult to conquer than Everest. The expedition experiences some of the worst weather ever encountered by a climbing team.
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Expedition team member Jim Wickwire becomes the first American to summit K2 three years later.
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