Michael Belcher’s Reviews > The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest > Status Update

Unflinching description of the 1996 Mt. Everest climbing tragedy relayed by guide, survivor and hero Anatoli Boukereev. As noted by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the book exposes the crucial details absent from Jon Krakauer's "slickly written" book "Into Thin Air." Boukereev explores the logistical, technical, physiological and interpersonal challenges required to successfully summit (or die trying).