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The Climb : Tragic Ambitions on Everest
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The Climb : Tragic Ambitions on Everest Paperback - 1999

by Boukreev, Anatoli, DeWalt, G. Weston

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In May 1996, two commercial expeditions attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world, but things went terribly wrong. Alone and climbing blind, expedition guide Anatoli Boukreev brought climbers back from the edge of certain death. Here is his remarkable account of what happened on that disastrous day.

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  • Title The Climb : Tragic Ambitions on Everest
  • Author Boukreev, Anatoli, DeWalt, G. Weston
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-07-16
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4107109-75
  • ISBN 9780312206376 / 0312206372
  • Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.2 x 1.06 in (23.42 x 15.75 x 2.69 cm)
  • Reading level 1270
  • Library of Congress subjects Mountain Madness (Firm), Mountaineering accidents - Everest, Mount
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00265468
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • New York Times, 08/29/1999, Page 32

About the author

Anatoli Boukreev was one of the world's foremost high-altitude mountaineers. Twenty-one times he went to the summit of the world's highest mountains. For his heroic actions on Mount Everest in May 1996, he was awarded the American Alpine Club's highest honor, the David A. Sowles Memorial Award. He died in an avalanche while climbing in Nepal on December 25,1997.

G. Weston Dewalt is a writer and a documentary filmmaker whose work has been aired on PBS. He divides his time between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and London.