The Climb
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The Climb
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Lloyd James
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- Skye
- 25-07-2024
Thoughtful and fascinating
Absolute pleasure to listen to, and to hear the events from an experienced climber. Highly recommend
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- Roger
- 07-11-2019
Compelling and courageous
One of the best read audible books I’ve listened to, the performance is worthy of the story. A simply riveting voyage that escalates into an irresistible disaster. One climber’s endurance and courage in the face of horrendous conditions and total exhaustion is the only lifeline that keeps the members of his group hanging on. Exceptional.
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- kris
- 06-10-2016
An open account of a tragedy without the blame
I found it very easy to listen to this audiobook. The performance was well done and the story was well written.
It appears that this account of the tragic Everest season pulled it's information from multiple sources and interviews. very interesting to see how a series of small decisions can lead to such a sad loss of life.
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- Tim Gayton
- 03-01-2024
Compelling adventure story
Stumbled upon this recommendation. Not a bad listen, and mountaineering and alpinism is always interesting.
Some sections were a bit laborious, but was nice to hear an alternate perspective from this event.
A good lesson in paying attention to a litany of errors and setbacks before such a gruelling undertaking.
The book promotes a sense of adventure. The detail was necessary but sometimes difficult to remain engaged.
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- Renee
- 03-03-2022
Interesting Perspective
I love reading about this tragedy as, being a New Zealander, it is a little closer to home than a lot of other mountaineering books. I find it really interesting to hear of this disaster from another point of view.
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- Jeckylberry
- 22-03-2024
A true, passionate, mountaineer spirit
What stood out was the genuine dedication Anatoli had for his role, the responsibility he felt and the suffering he endured over the terrible event. He wasn’t writing a story with powerful descriptions and characters, he was explaining his motivations and what happened from his perspective. The book is based on diaries, his only voice, but a good one. He clearly was maligned by Krakauer’s storytelling and needed the world to hear that he did not fail in his service the way it was made out.
It was difficult to listen to at times because of the stilted back and forth of the personal account and the third person fillers but it said what it needed to and gave a very human account rather than descriptive. It featured a lot of slightly disjointed moments and thoughts as diaries usually do. That’s why the book had to be written as it was. Once I got over that it helped get inside the very passionate introvert mind of this incredibly brave, integrous man who really knew his passion but who felt misunderstood and misrepresented because of his personality, drive and, sadly, his lack of English speaking skills.
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- Psychick
- 01-03-2024
Great story, terrible accents
The story was interesting and well written. Unfortunately the narrator decided to try and use accents for different characters, which was unnecessary and poorly executed. This detracted from the story and made it quite uncomfortable to listen to at times. I suspect the narrator has never heard a NZ accent as this was particularly painful to listen to.
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