The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest | Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt

The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest | Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt | The True Account of What Happened

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	The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1998 - 297 pages average customer review:based on 261 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Far Superior to Into Thin Air!!

I've read most of the 96' Everest books and this phenomenal read surpasses Krakauer's slick narrative with simple language but raw and honest passion and consideration. If you have already read Into thin Air I strongly recommend reading this as well. It not only places the hyped 96' tragedy in better perspective, it also gives incredible insight into the Russian mindset.

The True Account of What Happened

You know what, Boukreev is not as talented a writer as Krakuer is. Boukreev is an expert in mountain climbing, and saving people. Krakauer is an expert at bending words and creating plot twists and disguising reality for the sake of entertainment. Personally, I enjoyed this book so much more than Krakuer's book, which I consider mostly fiction.

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An Inconvenient Truth about Everest

This a great book and really puts Krakauer's book, "Into Thin Air" into a new perspective. I thoroughly enjoyed it and now have a petter understanding of what really happened that fateful year on Everest. This guy was probably the greatest high altitude climber of all time.

Into Thin Air take a back seat...

Hands down beats out Into Thin Air. Thrash that 'other' novel and read this!

Boukreev's POV

I had first read Krakauer's Into Thin Air - an astonishing, well-written, and sensational account of the 1996 season on Everest - which started my interest in mountaineering memoirs and in Everest stories, in particular. I purchased The Climb with great anticipation about a separate, "rebuttal" point of view, and was not disappointed. Whatever your opinion about what happened in 1996, it is hard not to respect and admire Boukreev after reading this. Sure, the writing is not as polished as Krakauer's book, but I was still turning pages as quickly as possible. Even a completely non-narrative, factual account of the goings-on in 1996 at the roof of the world would be gripping. As a singular book, I think The Climb absolutely can stand on its own. As one in a series on Everest 1996, the story becomes even more compelling.

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