Ed Viesturs quote- HELP!

[Kiefer]

Hey guys,
I'm having trouble locate a certain passage in Ed Viestur's book, "No Shortcuts to the Top".
He talks about summitting a 8,000m mountain under conditions he wasn't happy about and that it was poor decision making on his part to continue.
I don't remember what mountain it was.
Does anyone remember?
I'm leaning towards Kanchenjunga or Shishapangma.

Thanks!!!

[jf32]

Hey - it was K2 - bottom of page 29 when the decision presented itself and then he talks about it in the last paragraph of the chapter - pg 34

he talks about it quite a bit more in his new book K2 - still working my way through that though

[Kiefer]

Dude!! Thanks SO MUCH!!!
I'm writing a book and I needed to reference it but without your help, it would have taken me 5-7 longer to find
this one sentence/paragraph.
I owe you a beer!

[jf32]

No prob - glad I could help.

[skier25]

Wow- you're writing a book? What about, eh?

[COmedic04]

Beat me to it! That's one of my favorite passages in that book...his descriptions of his thought processes and doubts/misgivings are always with me when I consider whether or not to continue on a peak. What's your book about?

[Spam]

His new book K2 is good and he actually talks about things he didn't remember when he did no shortcuts. Very good read on history of K2. Good luck on your book.

[Chris P.]

I heard that Kiefer's book was going to be filled with good advice about picking up women in a bar... among other things.

[Kiefer]

Beat me to it! That's one of my favorite passages in that book...his descriptions of his thought processes and doubts/misgivings are always with me when I consider whether or not to continue on a peak. What's your book about?

His new book K2 is good and he actually talks about things he didn't remember when he did no shortcuts. Very good read on history of K2. Good luck on your book.

I've been wanting to buy & read it. Considering the overall statistics of death on K2, it's amazing that a world-class pioneer would make the decisions he did on a mountain that grants no mistakes. I find the whole process of learning & mistakes (epistimology) to be extremely interesting and how quick a lot of people are in pointing out someone's lack of decision-making & mistakes (armchair finger-pointing). The 'book' I'm writing delves into this subject matter.
I'm reading, "The Last of his Kind" by David Roberts, about the life of Bradford Washburn (Alaska pioneer) and something else from 'The Mountaineers' called, "Strange & Dangerous Dreams" about the spirit of adventure and the madness that often comes with it, plus 3 guidebooks and 2 other misc. books on the desk taking up space where my feet normally go.
So K2 is gonna have to wait.
Thanks a lot about the book! I'm hoping it comes out sounding sensable and not some hodge-podge story where you need 'schrooms to make sense of it! Though, I'm certainly not knocking 'schrooms.

Oh, and by the way....laughter. Get any strange girl at the bar to laugh first and you've got an open door!

[Kapelmuur]

Hey all, first post here. I'm currently reading the K2 book and don't want it to end. I had no idea that Viesturs was such a historian, as well as a great mountaineer. For those who haven't read it, all I can say is that the photo below, of what Ed calls The Motivator, will take on new meaning. Hell if I'd ever be caught under that thing, the utter impossibility of me climbing K2 notwithstanding.

[Spam]

Hey all, first post here. I'm currently reading the K2 book and don't want it to end. I had no idea that Viesturs was such a historian, as well as a great mountaineer. For those who haven't read it, all I can say is that the photo below, of what Ed calls The Motivator, will take on new meaning. Hell if I'd ever be caught under that thing, the utter impossibility of me climbing K2 notwithstanding.

That is a great picture...thank you. You are correct and that really changes what I was invisioning reading it. It is a good book. If you have not readK2 the Savage Mountain by Houston...do so then read K2 Triumph and Tragedy by Curran...I found it helps to read them in that order.

[gsliva]

Watch the video.
http://www.edviesturs.com/

Glenn