A review by docpacey
The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2 by Jennifer Jordan

4.0

A well researched telling of the 1939 American expedition to K2. The tragedy that was to occur on the mountain, with the loss of Dudley Wolfe, an american playboy invited mostly to fund the climb, unfolds so transparently as the hubris of the team leader leads to mistake after mistake in the months, weeks, and days leading up to the final days on the savage mountain. Still, Wolfe comes off as an admirable figure, an old school adventurer of the highest order, who probably, if the team were stronger, would have successfully made the summit. But the team was ill-formed and poorly lead, so he became the first man to die on a mountain that has taken many, many lives.