“I have only read chapter one of this book, and Jon Krakauer's descriptions of being on the peaks of some of Everest's shorter mountain bodies are very intense, as he describes having a lack of oxygen, and when one of his teammates accidentally turns the oxygen level on his oxygen tank too high, he emphasizes the danger that is presented to him by describing how he is losing millions of braincells each second, and his view of his other fellow teammates climbing the mountain as he descends down a cliff face to reach a lower base camp for another oxygen tank, just so he can go back up to the level he was on. I think that this book will truly show the dangers that he and his teammates faced climbing Mount Everest, including loss of life, due to error.”
“I need to read this book for school, is it any good?”
“Is it right to offer a guided climb to clients such as Sandy pittman? Can any of those who were pulled / hauled up or down the peak, really claim to have scaled Everest?”
“I had been in Nepal and India before the WTC disaster. Someone had given me the book to read. I read this book in 2001 with enthusiasm and finished it in a week. I had finished the book the night before 9/11. I would like to climb Mt. Everest after traveling around the world in 90 days. I had the same thin air effect in North India. Try trekking in the Himalayan Mts on a donkey trail with slate rock falling above you.”
“i thought this book was mega-interesting...how/why do people endure this kind of torture...speaking of which, i only got through part of this author's bk about the mormons and have put aside his other Into the Wild...think i'll watch the filminstead!cheers,”
“I read this book and shortly afterward read The Climb. I much preferred Krakauer's account, as Bourkreev's account seemed a little too defensive. I think he doth protest too much. Though I highly respect what Boukreev did to try to save others, Krakauer seemed to have less at stake when trying to be objective. If you really want a great account of this tragedy from an objective source, find NG's "Everest: Mountain Without Mercy" by Broughton Coburn which tells the account of the Imax team led by David Breashears and Ed Viesturs, who risked the success of their expedition to help injured and weakened people off the mountain. They have no ax to grind because they weren't so close to the action that they wouldn't be able to remain objective. It's a moving account.”
“Very good analysis of the disaster and what happened afterwards”
“Most of the events in the book was tragic, but maybe the most appalling of all was the fact that the survivors (especially the author) were being blamed for the deaths of the others after all that they've been through. It's an amazing account of humanity.”
“The excruciating detail with which the author narrates the everest climb from the start to the end and its after-effects brings one closest to everest that one can ever be lest he climbs it. Of course i don't think anyone would dare to climb it after he reads the book.A great book”
“The excruciating detail with which the author narrates the everest climb from the start to the end and its after-effects brings one closest to everest that one can ever be lest he climbs it. Of course i don't think anyone would dare to climb it after he reads the book.”
