Climb is a book that falls into the category of Biographies and Autobiographies which has been written by A. Boukreev and published by Pan Publishing House in the year 2002. The book consists of 400 pages and is written in English.
Synopsis
The book titled Climb with a side tag that says "Tragic Ambitions on the Everest" itself explains what the book is all about but doesn't fail to intrigue the readers to know further. The book is based on the lives of the famous mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev who had made ascents of about 8000m without any supplemental oxygen. The book will keep you gripped from the very first page with its twists, turns and insights from the man himself on how it felt like and how the thrill always defeated the thought of a tragic end.
About the Author
Anatoli Boukreev was a passionate man, an esteemed mountaineer filled with enthusiasm and thrilled to make it to the Everest but only without supplemental oxygen. Having succeeded in this challenge, he became well known and rose to fame but as fate would have it, the avalanche that struck the Annapurna, Nepal became the cause of death of this great man and ended his life tragically.
