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Climb by Anatoli Boukreev
Tragic Ambitions on Everest
In May 1996, an expedition attempted to climb Mount Everest. Caught in a blizzard, the climbers struggled to find their way to safety. The author rescued a number of them from certain death. This is an account of their journey by the author, who himself died in an avalanche in Nepal in 1997.The real mountaineer's story behind the fatal Everest climbs of into Thin Air. In May 1996 a number of expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route. Crowded conditions slowed their progress and late in the day 23 men and women, including the expedition leadersl, were caught in a ferocious blizzard. Disorientated and out of oxygen, climbers struggled to find their way to safety. Alone and climbing blind, Anatoli Boukreev rescued a number of climbers from certain death. This honest and gripping account includes the transcript of the Mountain Madness debriefing, recorded five days after the tragedy, as well as G. Weston de Walt's response to Jon Krakauer. |
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| Author(s) : Anatoli Boukreev | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0333907159 | ISBN-13 : 9780333907153 |
| RRP : £16.99 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 21/09/2001
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page Length : 400mm
Page Size : 216mm