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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.522095496
EAN: 9780312965334
ISBN: 0312965338
Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 297
Publication Date: July 15, 1998
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Sales Rank: 462698
Studio: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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As the climbers of the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster vanished into thin air, one man had the courage to bring them down alive...
On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by expert leaders attempted to scale the world's largest peak. But things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions, bad judgement, and a bitter storm stopped many climbers in their tracks. Others were left for dead, or stranded on the frigid mountain. Anatoli Boukreev, head climbing guide for the Mountain Madness expedition, stepped into the heart of the storm and brought three of his clients down alive. Here is his amazing story-of an expedition fated for disaster, of the blind ambition that drives people to attempt such dangerous ventures, and of a modern-day hero, who risked his own life to save others..
Amazon.com Review:
The Climb is Russian mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev'saccount of the harrowing May 1996 Mount Everest attempt, a tragedythat resulted in the deaths of eight people. The book is alsoBoukreev's rebuttal to accusations from fellow climber and author JonKrakauer, who, in his bestselling memoir, Into Thin Air, suggests that Boukreevforfeited the safety of his clients to achieve his own climbinggoals. Investigative writer and Climb coauthor G. Weston DeWaltuses taped statements from the surviving climbers and translatedinterviews from Boukreev to piece together the events and prove to thereader that Boukreev's role was heroic, not opportunistic. Boukreevrefers to the actions of expedition leader Scott Fischer throughoutthe ascent, implying that factors other than the fierce snowstorm mayhave caused this disaster. This new account sparks debate among bothmountaineers and those who have followed the story through the mediaand Krakauer's book. Readers can decide for themselves whetherBoukreev presents a laudable defense or merely assuages his ownbruised ego.
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Rating:  - Bottom Line: The reader ultimately makes the 1996 Everest tragedy call!
I'll attempt to be succinct in this one: It's not just the proverbial "who do you believe" with regard to Jon Krakauer ["Into Thin Air"] and Anatoli Boukreev ["The Climb"] but it also encompasses the whole 1996 Everest tragedy because depending on who you ask or listen to, everyone has their own opinion or, indeed, pro-Krakauer/anti-Boukreev versus anti-Krakauer/pro Boukreev mind-set. And, true enough, all in-between!
Ultimately, and I render public kudos here to Amazon reviewer Tan ... Read More
Rating:  - Would've Been Great if It Focused Solely On Boukreev's Description
Parts of book by Anatoli Boukreev or related by Boukreev: 5 stars
*Any point of the story where DeWalt offers his opinion: 1 1/2 stars
*Post Script by DeWalt: 0 stars
The story of Anatoli Boukreev is truly an amazing one, and he rightly deserved any bit of honor placed on him after behaving heroically during the Everest disaster of 1996.His tale is inspirational and a true example of a man who lived to take on the elements of nature, and conquer them.Ultimately, ... Read More
Rating: - The debate goes on
Anyone who needs to place blame about the 1996 Everest disaster can pick one of many problems that happened on that climb -from manmade to "acts of God".Into Thin Air gives one climber's view, the documentary, Storm Over Everest, by David Breashears gives more views by those who climbed, and Boukreev's The Climb gives his account.Each persons' experiences and memories are different so few of them will ever match each others, and blame will never be able to be fully placed.
This is a more tedious ... Read More
Rating: - Makes Into Thin Air seem very questionable
Having read Krakauer's book, seen the movie and watched the PBS doc, I read this, purported to be the closest to the ten sides of the truth in this adventure/disaster.
In a nutshell, Krakauer looks bad from this perspective, Sandy Hill Pittman still looks like a phony new money weasel, and Fischer looks much better than anywhere else; he is unfairly slammed in the tv movie if this book is at all true, and it does ring truer than the other projects (though the PBS doc Storm Over Everest is a must-see). ... Read More
Rating:  - What a waste of time this book was
This book appears to be written primarily to rebut certain incidents mentioned in Jon Krakauer's book, Into Thin Air.I have no doubt that Boukreev was an experienced and dedicated climber but this book is presented as if he did nothing wrong up on Everest in 1996.
I have read almost every book published about the deaths on Everest in 1996 and the concensus of opinion is that everybody did something that contributed to the disaster.Boukreev made his share of mistakes and I would have been more ... Read More
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