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Author Boukreev, Anatoliĭ Nikolaevich, 1958-1997.

Title The climb : tragic ambitions on Everest / Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  796.522 BOUKREEV    DUE 04-04-24
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.522 B663    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  796.522 B663    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  796.52 BOUKREEV    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  796.522 BOUKREEV    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.522 BOUKREEV    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  796.522 BOU    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  796.52 BOUKREEV    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  796.522 BOUKREEV    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  796.522 B66C    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xi, 255 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Summary The Climb is the gripping true story of one of the worst mountaineering tragedies in history. In May 1996, two groups attempted to ascend Mount Everest. As the climbers neared the summit, they were overtaken by intense snow and wind and found their crucial oxygen supplies depleted. Five of them died, including the expedition's two leaders. Boukreev led his group back to safety, then went back out in the blizzard to help others stranded on the mountain. Weaving together first hand accounts by the head tour guide of the Mountain Madness expedition and an investigative narrative based on interviews with other expedition members and mountain climbing specialists, the authors explore the conditions that led to the May, 1996 disaster on Everest. The authors counter many of the claims that were made in Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air", written on the same subject.
Subject Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountain Madness (Firm). Everest Expedition (1996)
Boukreev, Anatoliĭ Nikolaevich, 1958-1997.
Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Added Author DeWalt, G. Weston.
ISBN 0312168144
Standard No. 9780312168148
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