The Climb (book)

The Climb

Author	Anatoli Boukreev G. Weston DeWalt
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Subject	1996 Everest Disaster
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	St. Martin's Press
Publication date	June 28, 1997
Media type	Print
ISBN	0312168144

The Climb (1997), republished as The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest, is an account by a Russian/Kazakh mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev of the 1996 Everest Disaster, during which eight climbers lost their lives on Mount Everest.^[1] The co-author, G. Weston DeWalt—who was not part of the expedition—provides accounts from other climbers and ties together the narrative of Boukreev's logbook.

The book is also partially a response to Jon Krakauer's account of the same 1996 Everest climb in his book Into Thin Air (1997), which appeared to criticize some of Boukreev's actions during the climb.^[2]

After The Climb was published, DeWalt leveled many public criticisms at Krakauer concerning the accuracy of each man's account of what happened on the mountain during the 1996 climbs. Krakauer details the disagreements, and his rapprochement with Boukreev, in the postscript to the 1999 edition of Into Thin Air.^[2]

See also

Books and films about the 1996 Everest Disaster

• Into Thin Air (1997), a book by Jon Krakauer.
• After the Wind (2014), a book by Lou Kasischke.
• Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997), a TV movie.
• Everest (1998), an IMAX documentary film.
• Everest (2015), a feature film.

Lists

• List of media related to Mount Everest
• List of people who died climbing Mount Everest

Notes

Mount Everest
Topography and landmarks	Base Camp Geneva Spur Hillary Step Hornbein Couloir Kangshung Face Kangshung Glacier Khumbu Glacier Khumbu Icefall Lhakpa La Lho La North Col North Face Norton Couloir Rongbuk Glacier South Col South Summit Three Pinnacles Three Steps "Green Boots cave" Western Cwm
Expeditions	1921 British reconnaisance 1922 British 1924 British (Affair of the Dancing Lamas) 1933 British 1935 British 1936 British 1938 British 1950–52 British–Swiss–US reconnaissance 1951 British 1952 Swiss 1953 British 1975 British SW Face 1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police 2006 Philippine 2007 Altitude Everest expedition Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition Timeline of climbing Mount Everest List of Mount Everest guides
Disasters and notable deaths	1970 disaster 1974 avalanche 1996 disaster Green Boots David Sharp 2014 avalanche 2015 avalanches List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
Committees	Joint Himalayan Committee Mount Everest Committee
In media	Beyond the Edge The Climb (book) The Climb (2007 film) Everest (1998 film) Everest (2015 film) Everest (Indian TV series) Everest '82 Everest: Beyond the Limit EverestMax Expedition Everest (roller coaster) Into Thin Air The Man Who Skied Down Everest Mount Everest webcam Paths of Glory Peak The Wildest Dream Wings Over Everest
Mount Everest massif	Khumbutse Lhotse Lingtren Nuptse Pumori
Records	List of Mount Everest records Times to the summit 20th-century summiters