" A sort of K2's Greatest Hits, Viesturs does a good job putting the difficulty of this mountain into perspective. He uses his own (and others') experience on K2, Everest, and other 8000-meter climbs as a sort of gauge of how hard and dangerous K2 really can be. One thing I could have done without : the editorializing. Viesturs seems to be trying hard to keep himself from saying, "What I would have done is...." Yet, he still says it on several occasions. On one hand, you respect the opinion of a veteran climber (who has lived to tell about it). On the other hand, it sounds a little pompous after a while. "
— Tony, 1/4/2014