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A blow-by-blow account ...that puts the reader at the heart of the drama --News of the World
Graham Ratcliffe has experienced triumph but also tragedy ...and for the very first time tells of his remarkable journey --Daily Express
A book that throws a whole new light on the disaster --Weekly News
The result of a determination to expose the truth of what happened ...What [Ratcliffe] has discovered makes for devastating and enthralling reading
--Dymocks Book Review
'It is a strange world and this is a remarkable book. If someone ever read only one book on mountaineering this might well be the one he or she should choose'
--Teesdale Mercury
This is so much more than just another climbing book...This is a cracker of a story, moving along more like a fast-paced mystery novel than the typical travelogue many might have expected...Anyone who has ever dreamed of climbing Everest will be fascinated by Graham Ratcliffe's story. Anyone who has ever made it to the top will be horrified at the truth he has spent so long trying to reveal. --gear-zone.com
Graham Ratcliffe has experienced triumph but also tragedy ...and for the very first time tells of his remarkable journey --Daily Express
A book that throws a whole new light on the disaster --Weekly News
The result of a determination to expose the truth of what happened ...What [Ratcliffe] has discovered makes for devastating and enthralling reading
--Dymocks Book Review
'It is a strange world and this is a remarkable book. If someone ever read only one book on mountaineering this might well be the one he or she should choose'
--Teesdale Mercury
This is so much more than just another climbing book...This is a cracker of a story, moving along more like a fast-paced mystery novel than the typical travelogue many might have expected...Anyone who has ever dreamed of climbing Everest will be fascinated by Graham Ratcliffe's story. Anyone who has ever made it to the top will be horrified at the truth he has spent so long trying to reveal. --gear-zone.com
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The truth about the 1996 Everest disaster by one of its survivors
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just finished reading this book, which I found most interesting, and I'm trying to make sense of the range of reviews.
I can understand it not really being the cup of tea for those readers who prefer the purist climbing books of gasping for every breath, thrusting the ice axe into a precariously thin ice, clinging onto a rock face contemplating the next move or staring down on the lights of civilisation far below with the sense of not belonging there, and books of a similar genre.
But, and this is a rather large but, I bought this book after seeing an advert in the climbing press, which also had a website adaytodiefor, this I took the time to look at. I'm struggling to understand how this book can be getting one and two star reviews from some readers when the professional reviewers are time and time again using words such as `compelling read' and `must read'. I can see why it might be given a modest review by those for whom this book is not the purist type, but I do question the motives of those seemingly trying to put others off reading it. Is it because there are several famous people connected to the international climbing world implicated in this book and who have very serious questions to answer?
`A Day To Die For' is as much, if not more, about what happened following the 1996 Everest disaster as the actual event itself. One of the professional reviews I read, boldly, in legal terms, went as far as to say that the earlier authoritative accounts of Everest 1996 are missing important facts bordering on deception.
From my own perspective I found this book to be about one man's fascinating personal journey intertwined with an outstanding investigation, which in the end let me decide what caused the disaster in the first place and the truth about what followed after the tragedy.
I can understand it not really being the cup of tea for those readers who prefer the purist climbing books of gasping for every breath, thrusting the ice axe into a precariously thin ice, clinging onto a rock face contemplating the next move or staring down on the lights of civilisation far below with the sense of not belonging there, and books of a similar genre.
But, and this is a rather large but, I bought this book after seeing an advert in the climbing press, which also had a website adaytodiefor, this I took the time to look at. I'm struggling to understand how this book can be getting one and two star reviews from some readers when the professional reviewers are time and time again using words such as `compelling read' and `must read'. I can see why it might be given a modest review by those for whom this book is not the purist type, but I do question the motives of those seemingly trying to put others off reading it. Is it because there are several famous people connected to the international climbing world implicated in this book and who have very serious questions to answer?
`A Day To Die For' is as much, if not more, about what happened following the 1996 Everest disaster as the actual event itself. One of the professional reviews I read, boldly, in legal terms, went as far as to say that the earlier authoritative accounts of Everest 1996 are missing important facts bordering on deception.
From my own perspective I found this book to be about one man's fascinating personal journey intertwined with an outstanding investigation, which in the end let me decide what caused the disaster in the first place and the truth about what followed after the tragedy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed the general mountaineering sections of the book, but I found myself annoyed and vaguely unsatisfied by the conclusions in the last part of the book, dealing with the 1996 tragedy. I don't think the book deserves a 1 or 2 rating, because it was in the main, reasonably well written and mildly enjoyable, but I can't go higher than 3.
There are a number of reasons. First, I found the device of the lawyer friend incredibly annoying, and to be frank, legally inaccurate. I don't think either the criminal test of beyond reasonable doubt or the civil test of the balance of probabilities would be satisfied to hold anyone other than the team leaders accountable.
Second, the author is too coy about whom he is accusing, and of what he is accusing them.
Third, there's nothing I've read in all the books that contradicts the central argument of Into Thin Air that adherence to the turnaround times would have prevented deaths, and injuries.
So, in general a reasonable read, but not what it purports to be.
There are a number of reasons. First, I found the device of the lawyer friend incredibly annoying, and to be frank, legally inaccurate. I don't think either the criminal test of beyond reasonable doubt or the civil test of the balance of probabilities would be satisfied to hold anyone other than the team leaders accountable.
Second, the author is too coy about whom he is accusing, and of what he is accusing them.
Third, there's nothing I've read in all the books that contradicts the central argument of Into Thin Air that adherence to the turnaround times would have prevented deaths, and injuries.
So, in general a reasonable read, but not what it purports to be.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read all the books covering the 1996 disaster on Everest, and this was a true disaster which could have easily been avoided by a better judgement of some main people involved. Scott and Rob had their own strict rules that they both ignored on summit day. As responsible for clients, that is something you just do not do. Even on a mountain as Everest. Maybe specially not on a mountain like Everest!
I find Grahams book compelling reading and it is a true "untold story". His story gave me a chill through my spine. Ratcliffe has invested an enormous time in investigating what really happened just before the summit day of 10th of May 1996. His writing is riveting and it was not easy to put it away even if I had a lot of other things to do. I just had to find out what happened during these devastating days. His angle of the story is really different and very personal. That to his credit 100%. Every story about mountaineering and others has more than one view. As for Maurice Herzog`s "Annapurna" the Everest 1996 story has its different chapters and Graham has given us one new and important chapter. I find the book well written and a true gold-bar in my book shelf. One can only salut his guts for daring to tell us his story and I admire his stubbornness for never giving up his quest to find answers.
Thanks for a great reading!
I find Grahams book compelling reading and it is a true "untold story". His story gave me a chill through my spine. Ratcliffe has invested an enormous time in investigating what really happened just before the summit day of 10th of May 1996. His writing is riveting and it was not easy to put it away even if I had a lot of other things to do. I just had to find out what happened during these devastating days. His angle of the story is really different and very personal. That to his credit 100%. Every story about mountaineering and others has more than one view. As for Maurice Herzog`s "Annapurna" the Everest 1996 story has its different chapters and Graham has given us one new and important chapter. I find the book well written and a true gold-bar in my book shelf. One can only salut his guts for daring to tell us his story and I admire his stubbornness for never giving up his quest to find answers.
Thanks for a great reading!
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not recommended
I cannot review this book favourably, having read 4 other accounts of the 1996 tragedy... Digging for the truth in an obsessive way makes it a shallow and repetitive account and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by snowgirl
At last the truth.
I'm astounded at the risks that Rob Hall and Scott Fischer took.
Ratcliffe does not shy away from digging hard for the truth. Read more
Ratcliffe does not shy away from digging hard for the truth. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Suzy
A brilliant read.
The more I read of this book the more I realised it was a brave book to write and a riveting story. In my opinion it is the most honest of all the books written about the 1996... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Pete D.
A well researched fascinating story about this tragic event.
A very readable book that I thoroughly enjoyed. The author's research sheds new light on an event that went far beyond a poor judgement call concerning turn around times on Everest... Read more
Published 2 months ago by R. A.
An excellent read
I applaud the courage of the author to write this book. There will be some who feel uncomfortable dealing with the facts that emerge, facts we should have all known about fifteen... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Pat (P.J.)
A fascinating read from cover to cover
A fascinating read from cover to cover, is how I can best describe this investigative adventure book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tony
True life detective novel
Although the author is unable to change the fact of who died on Everest in the 1996 disaster, their location and the fact they ultimately died from exposure to terrible conditions,... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jon R
Truly awful
I agree with every other one star review that has been written about this book. I think I've read every book that has been written about the Everest 1996 disaster and have been... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Lou27
A brilliant adventure read
A brilliant adventure read that tells the elaborate story of the author's highs and lows while searching for the true causes behind the 1996 Everest disaster. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Emma
An amazing story and investigation that makes for a compelling read
I found `A Day to Die For' to be a compelling and very enjoyable book to read.
I was captivated by the author's roller-coaster personal journey that spanned a number of years. Read more
I was captivated by the author's roller-coaster personal journey that spanned a number of years. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Christine
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