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This is a story of the famous May 10th 1996 Mt. Everest expedition told from the perspective of Anatoli Boukreev, head mountain guide for Mountain Madness (run by Scott Fisher). His love and respect for the mountain show through. His concern for safety and his efforts that saved 3 people make this book unique.
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"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.
This is another account of the ill fated 1996 Everest distaster that Jon Krakauer wrote about. Anotoly is a climbing stud and fully documents how he went about assisting in the rescue of numerous individuals in the danger zone. It's not as good of a read as Krakauer's book, "Into Thin Air," but a good read nonetheless.

Jeff N. (
lajet) wrote on 1/10/2008...
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I read Into Thin Air, and this is like more like a docmentary than a film. A tight, factual, fast paced read. I read it in two days which has to be a record.

John O. (
buzzby) - La Quinta, CA wrote on 4/17/2007...
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This is an account from an expedition done at the same time as the one in Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air."

Janet D. (
Jay-d) wrote on 2/12/2006...
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This is a good read-- gives you a little more insight after reading Into Thin Air.

Maura C. (
maurac23) wrote on 7/8/2005...
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excellent first person account of climb to everest.