Above the Clouds The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer,9780312291372

Above the Clouds The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer

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ISBN13: 9780312291372
ISBN10: 031229137X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-12-20
Publisher(s): St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary

When Anatoli Boukreev died on the slopes of Annapurna on Christmas day, 1997, the world lost one of the greatest adventurers of our time. InAbove the Clouds, both the man and his incredible climbs on Mt. McKinley, K2, Makalu, Manaslu, and Everest-including his diary entries on the infamous 1996 disaster, written shortly after his return-are immortalized. There also are minute technical details about the skill of mountain climbing, as well as personal reflections on what life means to someone who risks it every day. Fully illustrated with gorgeous color photos,Above the Cloudsis a unique and breathtaking look at the world from its most remote peaks.

Author Biography

Anatoli Boukreev was (with G. Weston DeWalt) coauthor of The Climb and a world-renowned high-altitude mountaineer. Twenty-one times he reached the summit of the world's highest mountains. For his heroic actions on Mount Everest in May 1996, he was awarded the American Alpine Club's highest honor, the David A. Sowles Memorial Award.

Linda Wylie was Anatoli Boukreev's companion and is now executor of his estate.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Introduction: To Russia With Love 1(32)
The Journals 33(2)
Prologue: December 1989 35(3)
America, McKinley, Spring 1990
38(10)
From Elbrus to Eldorado, Fall 1990
48(8)
The Years Between, 1991-93
56(10)
Chogori, the Siren's Song, Summer 1993
66(36)
Makalu, Spring 1994
102(12)
The Marketplace
114(11)
The Roads We Choose, 1995
125(16)
The End of Ambition, 1996
141(59)
Eighty Days, Flying at Night, 1997
200(22)
Letters From Annapurna
222(6)
Epilogue: Small Pieces of Pie with Bitter Gravy 228(5)
Chronology of Anatoli Boukreev's Life 233(6)
Acknowledgments 239

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