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The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest (Paperback)

by Anatoli Boukreev (Author), G.Weston Dewalt (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Pan Books; New edition edition (6 Sep 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330488961
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330488969
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 40,248 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Powerful...a breath of brisk, sometimes bitter clarity...Boukreev did the one thing that denies the void. He took action. He chose danger, and he saved lives.' New York Times Book Review; 'The best book l've read this year... The Climb has a story that will grip and haunt you.' Alex Garland, author of The Beach and The Tesseract


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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 leaders, 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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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A Heroic Man, 26 Mar 2004
By Duke (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
If you are looking for a fair view of what happened on the mountain on that dreadful day 10th May 1996 then this is the book to read, but if you are after a book that takes you on a rollercoaster ride of those fateful hours then i'm afraid you will be very disappointed.

After reading this book I have an awful lot of admiration for Anatoli Bourkreev. The heroic effort he made to rescue as many eople off that mountain must never be forgotten.

The Climb is split into effectively 2 books. The first explains how Antoli was chosen for the expedition, the preparation that was involved and also the detail of what actually happened when the two teams of Rob Hall and Scott Fischer got tangled deep into the death zone.

The 2nd part of the book is spent justifying Anatoli's decisions, and defending the wild and mostly misdirected accusations directed at him by Jon Krakauer. This in it's self is very important, but unfortunately the same accusations are covered time and time again, but only from a different perspective. I found myself willing to get to the end of the book for this reason, which did slightly ruin the whole book for me.

Please make your own mind up, but be warned that the last half of the book can become a little tedious.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars So good, i'm reading it again, 23 Jan 2003
By Mark Wood (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
When i bought this book i had no idea that it would keep my gripped for more than a 24 hours on a flight, reading without a pause but it did. Great book, well written (i am currently reading it for a second time). In addition it also provides a counter view to the contentious views that are expressed in 'into thin air'. A true story of human endurance, bravery, extreme conditions and business competition in a world where the price of failure is death. A truely human story about one of the great mountaineers of all time, who climbed without O2. Great read and everyone i know who has read it say the same, you just can't put it down until the story has been told in full.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling read... Hard to put down..., 21 Aug 2003
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This is one of the best book I have ever read - in it G.W. DeWalt and Boukreev, one of the legendary climbers of his time, have combined to make this book a gripping, compelling read. It was immensely difficult to tear myself away from it. Having read Into Thin Air by John Krakauer, which gives Krakauer's version of events on that fatal day, this book contrasts heavily to Krakauer's style of writing, in as good a way as possible. G.W. DeWalt has put Boukreev's account forward so well, I am moved to feel for Boukreev - who pulled off one of the most astounding mountaineering rescues of all time without oxygen - because he is unjustly villified over his actions on that fatal day by the media. In reading this, I have been compelled to change my mind over certain things - showing how well his account has been put across.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
The Climb presents a more factual analysis of the events of 1996 with the actions of Anatoli Bourkreev appearing to be grossly misrepresented in the book 'Into Thin Air'. Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Gill

5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth
Boukreev was given an award for heroism by the American Alpine Club in the aftermath of the 1996 Everest disaster, after a thorough investigation. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Richard Scott

5.0 out of 5 stars If you have read into thin air you must read this
It is not as well written as into thin air but if you only read one you have only heard half of the story.

Published 12 months ago by Neil Prickett

3.0 out of 5 stars Another side of the story
Having read Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, I read The Climb thinking that it would complete the picture and give me a balanced view of what happened on Everest in 1996, when... Read more
Published 16 months ago by John Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping read
Having read most accounts of the 1996 Everest disaster, I find this to be the most compelling and the most believeable. I could not put the book down until it was finished. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2007 by Alan F. Lord

5.0 out of 5 stars Boukreev Vindicated
This is the TRUE story of what happened on Everest on 10th May 1996, and gives the lie to Krakeurs spurious, self-absolving account - not worthy of mention here - where Krakeur -... Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2007 by PCM

2.0 out of 5 stars Tourists take on Everest
This is guide Anatoli Boukreev's version of the events of the Everest tragedy of May 1996.

As a guide and not a 'customer' Boukreev paints a dim (but seemingly... Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2007 by N. A. Edwards

5.0 out of 5 stars One of those books I couldn't put down
I was gripped by this book and found it hard to put down. It came across as factual, interesting and absorbing, and I'm not even a climber! Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2006 by S. Rose

5.0 out of 5 stars The Climb - a Brilliant read
Anyone who has read Into Thin Air should, as a matter of Justice, read Boukreev's side of the story. This is Boukreev's Antithesis to Krakauer's Thesis. Read more
Published on 21 May 2004 by Mr. R. J. Peck

4.0 out of 5 stars Must read for everyone who has read "Into Thin Air"
The Climb has opened my eyes to the difficulties of guiding, the selfishness of some and how priorities can get misplaced. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2004

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