Keynote
The tale of the most bold and perilous
mountain-climbing operation in
the history of Himalayan expeditions.
A journalistic account of an attempt to
conquer K2, the world’s most difficult
mountain, in the winter.

Selling Points
 Behind the scenes of the most hazardous
expedition in the world history of
Himalayan mountaineering.
 A story of the world’s most outstanding
climbers, and a story of Polish Himalayists
who proved time and again that nothing
is impossible.
 Part of the book is a dramatic description
of the rescue operation on Nanga Parbat
that shook the world in February 2018.
 There are many technical details tied
to mountain climbing – a description
of the expedition’s organization and
its various stages: from the logistics to
the dramatic siege of the summit.
Description
Polish Himalaists have proven time and
again that they know no boundaries.
At the end of 2017 an expedition left
Poland which aimed to accomplish what
no one in the world had done, to conquer
the peak of K2 in the winter – the final

frontier, the terror of climbers all around
the world, on a mountain generally
considered to be unconquerable in
the winter time. An outstanding Polish
reporter and photojournalist takes us
behind the scenes of this dramatic and
icy Odyssey – from the very beginning,
the planning stage and the preparation
of the gear, to the road to the Himalayas,
setting up the first camps, and
the dramatic rescue operation on nearby
Nanga Parbat, observed by the entire
world. But Trybalski’s book is not only
a tale of minus-fifty-degree temperatures,
avalanches and wind storms – above
all, it is the story of people blessed with
mad courage, who will stop at nothing
to achieve their aim. It is a tale of
the extraordinary bravery and fraternity of
the Ice Warriors.

Target Market
Readers of biographies of athletes and
travels.
Lovers of mountain-climbing literature.
People interested in reportage and nonfiction.