 The character of Harold Jameson, U.C.S.F.biophysicist and mountaineer in the film K2 is based on Reichardt, though the events of his actual 1978 K2 attempt with Jim Wickwire bear little resemblance to the plot of the film.Reichardt was a director of the American Alpine Club from 1977 to 1980, and served as president from 1995 to 1997.