Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.7
Points
28.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
151115
Points per Word
0.000185
Page Count
442
Points per Page
0.063348
Series
Modern Library Exploration
Description
In this book, the author tells of his many mountaineering adventures from the Alps to the Himalayas and from South America to the infamous Italian expedition that made the first ascent of K2 in 1954. The translator is Robert Marshall.