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258 reviews
Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt

St. Martin's Griffin, 1999

Must read this together with Into Thin Air
After i read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, i thought i knew all there was to know about the 1996 Everest tragedy. Was i wrong. In Jon's book, Toli (Anatoli) was cast as a villian who knowingly put his clients at risks. After reading this book, i felt that Toli was the real hero in the tragedy. A few things strucked me: 1. Toli came across as a humble and private person who just wanted to ...

The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest

1 review
Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston Dewalt

St. Martin's Griffin, 1999

AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH...
This is the story about the 1996 Everest tragedy told from the perspective of Anatoli Boukreev, who was one of the guides on the ill-fated Mountain Madness expedition. It is written almost as a rebuttal to the perceived criticism by Jon Krakauer (Into Thin Air) of Boukreev's actions on that ill-fated Everest climb. This is a poorly written account that is oftentimes confusing. It has none of ...

Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer

8 reviews
Anatoli Boukreev

St. Martin's Griffin, 2002

An amazing account of an amazing person!
This book is based on the journal of Anatoli Boukreev and his diary of mountaineering. The book does a great job of describing his life before large expeditions and his struggle to make it to the top. The book does also focuses on his life and relationships as well as his personal accounts of his adventures. The journal rarely goes into his deep feelings which gives a better understanding of ...

The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Anatoli Boukreev; G. Weston Dewalt

St Martins Pr, 1997

Der Gipfel. Tragödie am Mount Everest.

1 review
Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt

Heyne, 1998

AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH...
This is the German text edition of the story about the 1996 Everest tragedy told from the perspective of Anatoli Boukreev, who was one of the guides on the ill-fated Mountain Madness expedition. It is written almost as a rebuttal to the perceived criticism by Jon Krakauer (Into Thin Air) of Boukreev's actions on that ill-fated Everest climb. This is a poorly written account which is oftentimes ...