“The Descent from Hell: The Ogre, 1977”
Adopted from: ‘The Ogre’ by Doug Scott In the summer of 1977, deep in Pakistan’s Karakoram, a small British team set their sights on a monstrous, unclimbed peak: Baintha Brakk, known as ‘The Ogre’ (7,285 m). It was remote, savage, and steeped in legend. They weren’t there for fame. They came for the purity of […]