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Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-altitude Mountaineer
Above the Clouds The Diaries of a Highaltitude Mountaineer
Author: Anatoli Boukreev, Galen Rowell
When Anatoli Boukreev died on the slopes of Annapurna on Christmas day, 1997, the world lost one of the greatest adventurers of our time. — In Above the Clouds, both the man and his incredible climbs on Mt. McKinley, K2, Makalu, Manaslu, and Everest-including his diary entries on the infamous 1996 disaster, written shortly after his return...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780756784065
ISBN-10: 0756784069
Publication Date: 9/30/2001
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Book Type: Hardcover
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This is a compilation of letters, articles, and journal entries by Boukreev, a mountaineer who was on Mt. Everest at the time of the fatal 1996 expeditions. Boukreev survived that climb, only to die on Christmas Day 1997 on an expedition to Annapurna. This book helps explain the appeal and risks of mountain climbing, as well as Boukreev's beliefs about training.


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