Jennifer Jordan Tells Untold Story of Ill-fated 1939 Mountaineering Expedition

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This week I met award-winning author, filmmaker, and screenwriter Jennifer Jordan. She was in Arizona talking her book “The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2”. It’s an amazing story about Dudley Wolfe, the first man to climb K2, the world’s second-highest mountain.

After making it higher than any member of the expedition, a sick and severely dehydrated Wolfe was abandoned during the descent. Sixty-three years later, Jennifer Jordan discovered his remains.

Photo: Authors share mountaineering stories and their books.
Jennifer Jordan with a copy of Irion Books’ “Murder on Everest”
while Charles G. Irion with a copy of Jordan’s “The Last Man on the Mountain”.


Photo: Jennifer Jordan shares her story about climber
Dudley Wolfe at an REI store in Arizona.


Photo: My autographed copy of “The Last Man on the Mountain”.


Jordan's website: http://jenniferjordan.net and Facebook Page: Last Man on the Mountain.


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