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Any other amateur Everest-philes out there? Maybe I'm alone on that one. I read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air earlier this year and couldn't put it down. Then I recently read Anatoli Boukreev's The Climb. Tonight I watched David Breashear's documentary about it, Storm Over Everest. I also picked up Beck Weather's Left For Dead and plan to read it soon. Anyone else read up on this much?
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Into Thin Air is an excellent read! I read it a few years ago and couldn't put it down as well. I wouldn't consider myself an Everest-phile, so much as I love it when people challenge themselves and push their limits.
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I'd recommend that people who've read Into Thin Air also read The Climb. It gives some additional perspective as Krakauer was pretty critical of Boukreev.
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Cool. Thanks.
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If you liked Into Thin Air, Into the Wild is a must read.
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Yeah, I finished it a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoy Krakauer's writing. Under the Banner of Heaven is another excellent read.
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coldlakeswimmer Wrote:If you liked Into Thin Air, Into the Wild is a must read.
Into the Wild is a fantastic book, and movie directed by Sean Penn and scored by Eddie Vedder.
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I found the movie underwhelming after reading the book. But I feel that most of the time when I read the book first...
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grimes Wrote:I read Into Thin Air this year as well, thanks for the recommendation on The Climb, I will have to pick it up.
Also for the Everest-philes out there, the CBC's Fifth Estate recently ran an episode on the disaster that was the 2012 climbing season, focused mostly on a 33 year-old Canadian with zero mountaineering experience who died during her descent. It's available online here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2012-2013/2012/09/into-the-death-zone.html">http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2012-2013/2012/ ... -zone.html</a><!-- m -->
Read more on her recently. Apparently, she collapsed right next to the body of Scott Fischer. Still 1000 ft or so above C4. Been reading/watching more on this again recently. The wife and I are considering a trip in a few years to do the trek to Everest Base Camp. The TV series Everest: Beyond the Limit is fascinating.
Jeff
June 21, 2003 Toronto, ON: SkyDome
July 1, 2004 Toronto, ON: Molson Amphitheatre
November 26, 2004 Toronto, ON: Air Canada Centre
June 24, 2006 Toronto, ON: Historic Fort York
May 10, 2007 Indianapolis, IN: The Vogue
July 14, 2011 Edmonton, AB: Northlands Festival Site
June 30, 2012 Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON: The Commons at Butler's Barracks
January 23, 2013 Edmonton, AB: Rexall Place
July 28, 2016 Edmonton, AB: Rexall Place
