The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest - Brossura

Boukreev, Anatoli; Dewalt, G. Weston

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312965338 ISBN 13: 9780312965334

Casa editrice: St Martins Pr, 1998

Riassunto

Relates the gripping true story of what happened when a climbing expedition to Mount Everest was overcome by snow, wind, and lack of oxygen

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Anatoli Boukreev was one of the world's foremost high-altitude mountaineers, arguably the finest of his generation. He had summited eleven of the world's 8,000 meter peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen, some of them, including Mount Everest, multiple times. In all, he attempted twenty-one times he was successful. Born in Russia where he received the Master of Sports with Honors, Boukreev had made his home in Kazakhstan where in 1998 the President of that Republic awarded him posthumously the "Erligi Ushin" Medal for his contributions to high-altitude mountaineering and for his personal courage.

G. Weston Dewalt is a writer and investigative filmmaker who specializes in human rights issues, the confluence of humankind and the environment, and biography. His film Genbaku shi: Killed by the Atomic Bomb compelled the U.S. Department of Defense to acknowledge that American POWs had been killed during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. He divides his time between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and London.

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• Editore: St Martins Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312965338
• ISBN 13: 9780312965334
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 297