The Climb : Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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One of the inspirations for the major motion picture Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley.
In May 1996 a number of expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route. Crowded conditions slowed their progress and late in the day 23 men and women, including the expedition leaders, were caught in a ferocious blizzard. Disoriented and out of oxygen, climbers struggled to find their way to safety. Alone and climbing blind, Anatoli Boukreev rescued a number of climbers from certain death.
This honest and gripping account includes the transcript of the Mountain Madness debriefing, recorded five days after the tragedy, as well as G. Weston DeWalt's response to Jon Krakauer. A remarkable first-hand narrative of survival, heroism and the deadly reality of high-altitude mountaineering.
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