The Climb
Tragic Ambitions on Everest
$43.44
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2018
Summary
In May 1996, multiple expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest via the Southeast Ridge route. Each group comprised seasoned climbers and less experienced individuals, some of whom had paid substantial sums for the expedition. As they approached the summit, a severe blizzard trapped twenty-three climbers, including their leaders. Disoriented, low on oxygen, and with dwindling supplies, they fought to find their way to safety.
Experienced climber and guide Anatoli Boukreev guided hi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509867998 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1509867996 |
| Author: | Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2018 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 206mm x 132mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Aziza's Secret Fairy Door |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
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.
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 *
Boukreev acted with extraordinary heroism … [In The Climb] first-person anecdotes, plus excerpts from taped base-camp interviews, are skillfully fleshed out by co-author G. Weston DeWalt * Rock & Ice Magazine *
About The Author
Anatoli Boukreev
Anatoli Boukreev was a Russian Kazakhstani professional mountaineer. He was an experienced climber of eight-thousander peaks, and was the lead climbing guide in the Mountain Madness team during the 1996 Mount Everest Disaster. He rescued three clients left stranded after the blizzard struck. He tells his account of these dramatic events in The Climb. He died when an avalanche hit Annapurna I on Christmas Day 1997.
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