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The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev
3.0

I don't think I am picking sides. I do think Anatoli did great things in his climbing career. Especially on Everest. That being said, I do like Into Thin Air more because it was an easier read. I wanted to continue. After about 150 pages of The Climb I just wanted it to end which honestly, isn't a good thing. I do like the transcripts and seeing another side, especially getting more info about Scott Fischer. But maybe it's because I haven't read the first article Krakauer wrote, but I feel like apart from the oxygen thing, I didn't get a negative vibe of Anatoli? So this book makes it seem like a bit... overreacting. But I wasn't around during. I haven't read those things. So maybe it was worse. Anyway, if I just look from book to book I feel that Into Thin Air was better