Creator
Rick Ridgeway
Title
The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2
Coverage
Seattle
Publisher
The Mountaineers
Date
1980
Subject
Signed by climbers Jim Whittaker, Rick Ridgeway, John Roskelley, and the expedition photographer Dianne Roberts.
Description
On September 6 and 7, 1978, a fourteen-person team—the first Americans and third team in history—worked together to get four climbers to the summit of K2. The team was led by Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest.