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by blackguardx 26 days ago
I've only read Into Thin Air, but that book makes Boukreev (author of The Climb) seem like an unreliable narrator. I have zero interest in high altitude mountaineering (I prefer lower altitude rock climbing) but I should probably check out The Climb to get both sides.
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The Climb was a great response to it and according to my partner who then read more books about that year’s expeditions it is much closer to what happened than Into Thin Air.
I can’t believe you guys have not read BOTH. The real pleasure is in reading both contradictory accounts!

And there have been articles written in magazines including perspectives of other people who were there, as well.