Not the most memorable account of the Everest disaster. Too much of the focus appears to be avoiding conflict and not enough on analyzing some of the horrible errors of judgement that have been documented in other books. The author has chosen to focus on her group run by Scott Fischer with far less
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Not the most memorable account of the Everest disaster. Too much of the focus appears to be avoiding conflict and not enough on analyzing some of the horrible errors of judgement that have been documented in other books. The author has chosen to focus on her group run by Scott Fischer with far less mention of the Mountain Madness team than other books. For those who wanted to feel sympathy for Anatoli Boukereev, this book along with his own biography 'The Climb' certainly paint him in a more positive light.
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Not the most memorable account of the Everest disaster. Too much of the focus appears to be avoiding conflict and not enough on analyzing some of the horrible errors of judgement that have been documented in other books. The author has chosen to focus on her group run by Scott Fischer with far less ... (continue)
Not the most memorable account of the Everest disaster. Too much of the focus appears to be avoiding conflict and not enough on analyzing some of the horrible errors of judgement that have been documented in other books. The author has chosen to focus on her group run by Scott Fischer with far less mention of the Mountain Madness team than other books. For those who wanted to feel sympathy for Anatoli Boukereev, this book along with his own biography 'The Climb' certainly paint him in a more positive light.