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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
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adventurous
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
It's a good story but written quite oddly and I expected more suspense. Obviously Boukreev wasn't a writer, and I'm not sure if this was written after his death (I could also look this up but effort), but the scene could have been set more and with descriptors.
I know they did not remember a lot but also they have climbed other times before so that info could have been added.
So now for the drama part: I did not read Into Thin Air but I know of the beef surrounding the two books. Boukreev did what he could for his climbers and I don't think he should be held responsible for the 5 other climbers deaths. He did do some things that I would have not been happy if my guide did (aka sleeping while I was summiting) but I think I have just been very spoiler and lucky with the guides I have had. They have walked, climbed, cried, and powered through every single step with me from base to summit to base and never left me alone. Obviously though, I have never done Everest and never done them in bigger groups like Mountain Madness for this reason.
I know they did not remember a lot but also they have climbed other times before so that info could have been added.
So now for the drama part: I did not read Into Thin Air but I know of the beef surrounding the two books. Boukreev did what he could for his climbers and I don't think he should be held responsible for the 5 other climbers deaths. He did do some things that I would have not been happy if my guide did (aka sleeping while I was summiting) but I think I have just been very spoiler and lucky with the guides I have had. They have walked, climbed, cried, and powered through every single step with me from base to summit to base and never left me alone. Obviously though, I have never done Everest and never done them in bigger groups like Mountain Madness for this reason.
This book is more than anything a rebuttal to Jon Krakauer's excellent [b:Into Thin Air|1898|Into Thin Air A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster|Jon Krakauer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1463384482l/1898._SX50_.jpg|1816662]. Both tell the story of the especially lethal season on Mt Everest in 1996 when several guides and their clients were killed in a freak blizzard (as freakish as you can say such things are on the world's highest mountain which, not all that freakish really.)
This book isn't bad exactly as it was nice to hear Boukreev's story who, while not portrayed negatively in Krakauer's book, wasn't always portrayed in a flattering light. I think at most it suffers from trying too hard to rebut Krakauer and from just not being as well written (Jon Krakauer is however a hell of a writer so that's not even a fair comparison.) If you are obsessed about the events from the original book though, as I was, this one is worth a look.
Sadly, this book was published posthumously. Boukreev died in 1997 while climbing another Himalayan mountain, Annapurna.
This book isn't bad exactly as it was nice to hear Boukreev's story who, while not portrayed negatively in Krakauer's book, wasn't always portrayed in a flattering light. I think at most it suffers from trying too hard to rebut Krakauer and from just not being as well written (Jon Krakauer is however a hell of a writer so that's not even a fair comparison.) If you are obsessed about the events from the original book though, as I was, this one is worth a look.
Sadly, this book was published posthumously. Boukreev died in 1997 while climbing another Himalayan mountain, Annapurna.
adventurous
challenging
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tense
slow-paced
Some of the reviews make me exceedingly angry for some reason.
The last third of this book is a giant slap to Krakauer, who seems to be a huge pos.
The last third of this book is a giant slap to Krakauer, who seems to be a huge pos.
Lido, assim como muitos, após a leitura de No Ar Rarefeito (Jon Krakauer). É um relato interessante e importante para se ter um outro ponto de vista sobre uma situação trágica e dificilmente explicável.
É uma pena ser um livro não muito bem escrito e ser muito focado na briga entre Anatoli e Krakauer que se deu após a publicação de ambos os livros. Eu posso entender a necessidade de se defender após as acusações feitas pelo Krakauer, que realmente expõe o acumulado de erros e negligências de muitas partes, mas que também faz acusações muito sérias a Anatoli. Porém este também é um livro que parece ser feito para apontar o dedo para outras pessoas (que jamais poderão se defender) e se livrar de qualquer tipo de culpa. É muito notável como ele se lamenta por não possuir um inglês perfeito e isso ter sido a causa de diversos problemas e inclusive de ser o fato responsável por os clientes americanos não o tratarem com respeito, tratando-o da mesma forma que tratavam os xerpas. Os xerpas inclusive nem são nomeados nas fotos e são mencionados pelo autor como inferiores e culpados a todo momento. Isso não pode ser ignorado, e me faz não confiar em nenhum dos relatos.
É uma pena ser um livro não muito bem escrito e ser muito focado na briga entre Anatoli e Krakauer que se deu após a publicação de ambos os livros. Eu posso entender a necessidade de se defender após as acusações feitas pelo Krakauer, que realmente expõe o acumulado de erros e negligências de muitas partes, mas que também faz acusações muito sérias a Anatoli. Porém este também é um livro que parece ser feito para apontar o dedo para outras pessoas (que jamais poderão se defender) e se livrar de qualquer tipo de culpa. É muito notável como ele se lamenta por não possuir um inglês perfeito e isso ter sido a causa de diversos problemas e inclusive de ser o fato responsável por os clientes americanos não o tratarem com respeito, tratando-o da mesma forma que tratavam os xerpas. Os xerpas inclusive nem são nomeados nas fotos e são mencionados pelo autor como inferiores e culpados a todo momento. Isso não pode ser ignorado, e me faz não confiar em nenhum dos relatos.
adventurous
informative
reflective
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