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The Climb
Anatoli Boukreev
Boukreev's account of the 1996 Everest disaster — the counterpoint to Krakauer's Into Thin Air. A different perspective on the same catastrophe, told by the strongest climber on the mountain that day.
Mountains & Climbing
Memoir
Himalaya
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Publisher
St. Martins Press
Published
1997
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