No Hype. Pure facts.

if you're interested in hearing the details of what happened on that terrible day on Mount Everest then this book paints a very good picture. There are details here that only someone who was part of the event could talk to nd the facts are breathtaking

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Kraukauer is meh

I've slowly learned to distrust krakauer. This book obviously has an agenda, but I appreciate a different viewpoint besides krakauer.

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Excellent mountaineering book

A must read as an additional perspective to the tragedy on Everest as told in "Into Thin Air." I enjoy Krakauer's books, but his engaging style comes at the price of a nuanced perspective on complex events. "The Climb" is clearly a defense of Boukreev. I found his defense to be well worth listening to.

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A must read if you already read Into Thin Air

Would you consider the audio edition of The Climb to be better than the print version?

Haven't read the print version

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Climb?

The rescue efforts by Anatoli

Which scene was your favorite?

Same

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The survival of the few left on the open on that night

Any additional comments?

none

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Enlightening

Having read Into Thin Air I was interested in reading more on the subject. I was not very familiar with Mr. Boukreev, but am so pleased to have heard his story of the Everest climb of 1996. It is an amazing one. The book itself is very detailed but this did not disappoint. For me, the more details the better. The 2 voice reading style was a little different but understandable. Worthwhile book if you want more of the story and the true details of this man's unbelievable rescues on the mountain.

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As dry as a Kumbu cough

Interested to hear the other side of events regarding May 10, 1996 on Mount Everest. Infuriating to hear of Jon Krakeur's willful ignorance of the facts on summit day. However, the rest of this book is not dissimilar to those last few hundred plodding, painful meters to the summit, but lacking any of the glory or beauty, the text is just too wordy and lacks any soul.

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The Climb

What disappointed you about The Climb?

The narration was turgid and ponderous

What was most disappointing about Anatoli Boukreev’s story?

Same with the story. No sense of the remarkable battle he went through with the elements. The entire narritive is bogged down by incidentals and boring detail.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Richard Davidson?

Anyone !

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Yes. But only because I'm a climber and love the terrain.

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Words on a page are not enough!

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Listening to an audiobook is best when the content of the story is meaningful, well paced, and dramatic and told with nuance and depth. Poor writing drags down the most resonant narrative voice. Assuming the story is sound and the writing is executed artfully, the narrator can create a performance, or adopt the two-dimensional instructional tone of a poorly narrated documentary.

The listening experience failed on all counts. The story feels cobbled together, the quality of the writing is poor, and the narrator - sorry, you have a lovely deep voice Mr. Davidson - but the narrator is soulless and stiff as cardboard. I am passionately interested in the subject matter and could not bear this awful book. I highly recommend "Into Thin Air" as a satisfying alternative.

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I've read a number of mountaineering books and this one is by far the best.

Anatoly Bouchreev is the hero and an amazing storyteller. I think you are you understand more about climbing Everest, Than with any other book.

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Great story

If you read or listened to "Into Thin Air" you must listen to this. This is another well told side of the 1996 Everest coin. Here the author refutes Krakauer's criticism's of him in not doing enough to save people's lives during the 1996 Everest disaster. And it makes you really wonder why Krakauer didn't do more to investigate his bold claims defaming Anatoli. Written simply and honestly but in a thrilling way - this is an adventure classic for generations to come.

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