Download or read book Deadly Peaks written by Robert Hauptman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadly Peaks is a collection of the most notable mountaineering disasters and near-disasters in history. Exhaustively researched by two of the most respected authorities on mountaineering history, the book is structured in a unique way: Longer recitations in chronological order followed by a group of briefer narratives, which all offer an intimate glimpse into the worst case-scenarios high altitude adventure can offer.