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Originally Posted by trublmaker
A better book about the same expedition was called "The Cliimb" about the Russian Anatoly ? who dragged a bunch of peoples arses off the mountain. Krakauer makes himself look good where in reality not so much.
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The Russian guide who climbed without Oxygen while guiding people up the mountain. Not that responsible in my books. I didn't think Krakauer makes himself sound heroic at all. I think he talks about his failures in regards to getting Weathers down the mountain earlier. But I would say reading both gives you good perspectives on what happened.
Everest is an interesting place. People making life and death decisions while essentially drunk with all of the incentives placed on climbing rather than not dying. Its easy to survive Mount Everest. You have a turn around time and you stick to it. People die when the two O'clock turn around hits and they are only 2 hours from the summit and keep going.