The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
What is the theme in The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev?
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"The Climb" is largely a defense of Boukreev's actions and a response to the controversy surrounding the tragic climb of Everest in the spring of 1996 in which several climbers died, including two commercial climbing guides. Anatoli Boukreev was a guide for one of the companies leading expeditions and he played a central role by rescuing three of the climbers in his group when they became lost high on the mountain.