The release date for the English version of 'The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest' by
Anatoli Boukreev is Jul 1998. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
One guy had the guts to bring the climbers from the 1996 Mt. Everest tragedy down alive, while the others just disappeared.
Two commercial expeditions under the direction of experienced leaders made an effort to climb the highest mountain in the world on May 10, 1996. But then a terrible thing happened. Many climbers were halted in their tracks by a severe storm, poor decision-making, and crowded circumstances. Some were abandoned to perish or left trapped on the icy mountain. Head climbing leader for the Mountain Madness trip Anatoli Boukreev bravely led three of his customers down into the center of the storm. This is his incredible tale of an expedition doomed to fail, of the irrational desire that pushes individuals to go on such risky endeavors, and of a contemporary hero who put his own life in peril to rescue others.