Winter 8000 by Bernadette McDonald (2020)

Climbing the world's highest mountains in the coldest season. An almost-complete history of mountaineering on the 8,000-meter peaks in winter. I say almost-complete because the Nepalis bagged K2 in winter in 2021, shortly after this book was published. K2 was the last of the 14 8,000-meter peaks to remain unsummited in winter. Climbing the 8000er in winter is a peculiar obsession, drawing only the most hardcore from across the world. The Poles have a particular attraction to this unique form of suffering: 10 of the 14 first winter ascents were made by Polish or partly-Polish teams. Paperback book. 268 pages, with index, bibliography, and insert of color photographs in the middle.