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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
I've become a bit obsessed with Everest over the past couple of years, read both Into Thin Air and The Climb, two separate accounts of the 1996 disaster, watched some documentaries... The trailer looks great but looks a little too Hollywood-action, hoping it isn't and it's a more of an honest telling of the disaster.
I'll definitely be seeing it though, amazing cast.
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Wow we truly are soul mates - I've become more than a little obsessed with that disaster - and in particular how I believe Anatoli was grossly miss-portrayed in Into Thin Air. You may also wish to read:
- Left for Dead. This is Beck Weathers' book - the guy that everyone kept on leaving for dead, but the bugger wouldn't die.
- A Day to Die For. Author was on a different team, and his book is more about him trying to rationalize what happened and why - he becomes quite obsessed with the weather and whether or not teams had reports on the incoming storm.
- High Crimes. The 1996 disaster gets referred to a lot in the book but it is more about what happened in 2006. Great book.