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Anatoli Boukreev's first-hand consideration of the most detrimental human devastation in the history of Mt. Everest will carry listeners spellbound. A top-rated guide and high altitude climber, Boukreev dictated the raw and powerful information on this ill-fated trek from memory and notes registered just five days and nights following the catastrophe. In May of 1996, 33 people gone up the hill, but only 28 came back. As two commercial expeditions climbed the world's highest optimum, poor planning, miscommunication, and an unstable blizzard conspired to defeat them. Although the writer made it back again to the safety of his tent, he defied his own pain and exhaustion to return up the hill. His rescue attempt saved the lives of three climbers. The events of those two fateful days and nights prompted researchers at MIT to develop new technology that may prevent the recurrence of such a tragedy. Narrators Richard M. Davidson and Nelson Runger sensitively present the full scope of a episode and a tragedy the planet hopes never to see again.
