No Way Down: Life and Death on K2

“A red and black down suit. Definitely Gerard.” Gyalje’s friend was dead. … The mountain was taking a heavy toll.

辨认尸衣成坠点，plot 91。

When he got through, Dawa Sangmu told him she had had the baby, a boy. … He was going to name his son after his own late father, Jen Jen.

顶峰电话立人，cast 90。

“Run, run!” Gyalje screamed. “Go fast!” … Then, the world exploded. The serac was collapsing again.

喊跑即崩，pace 92。

Eric Meyer uncurled his tired body from the Americans’ tent into the jolt of the minus-20-degrees morning.

感官开门，prose 89。

the late afternoon sun cast the shadow of the mountain over hundreds of miles of land. The shadow was stark and huge, a perfect triangle

山影尺度立界，world 93。

PROLOGUE Friday, August 1, 2008, 2 a.m.

灾难日凌晨钉时，hook 92。

“This is Hugues d’Aubarède… It’s minus twenty. I am at eight thousand, six hundred and eleven meters. I am very cold. I am very happy.”

顶峰留言多声部，innov 86。

I thought about Rolf Bae waiting below the summit for his wife—forever waiting now. … Some had emerged from the ordeal; others had perished. All had burned brightly in their lives.

追悼式收束，ending 90。