britt_brooke 's review for:

The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev

4.25

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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One of the most elite mountaineers in history tells his account of the 1996 Everest disaster. As a guide for Seattle-based Mountain Madness, his job was ensuring the safety of their clients. Jon Krakauer is a bit critical of Boukreev’s decisions, as is documented in Into Thin Air, so this is Boukreev’s version. Another fantastic Everest memoir. I won’t take sides. They both had traumatic experiences and valid memories. The epilogue made me cry.