The Climb
26 November 2015Synopsis
The Climb is an honest and gripping account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, as told by experienced mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev. In May 1996, several expeditions attempted to climb Everest via the Southeast Ridge. As they neared the summit, twenty-three climbers, including the expedition leaders, were caught in a ferocious blizzard. Disorientated, out of oxygen and depleted of supplies, they struggled to find safety.
Boukreev led an exhausted group back to base camp before returning to the storm to help others stranded on the mountain, rescuing a number from certain death and emerging a hero.
The Climb contains interviews with surviving climbers, medical personnel, Sherpa guides, and families of the deceased. This edition includes the transcript of the Mountain Madness debriefing, recorded five days after the tragedy, and G. Weston de Walt's response to Jon Krakauer. An unflinching look at an unforgettable mountaineering disaster.
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26 November 2015
9781509824915Reviews
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
The Climb has a story that will grip and haunt you.Alex Garland, author of The Beach and The Tesseract
This is essential reading for anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air . . . Krakauer painted Boukreev as an irresponsible Russian villain; but that night, Boukreev effected on of mountaineering history's most remarkable rescues.Guardian
One of the most amazing rescues in mountaineering history, performed single-handedly a few hours after climbing Everest without oxygen by a man some describe as the Tiger Woods of Himalayan climbing.Wall Street Journal
