1996 Everest Tragedy: ‘’Moody Russian’’ ANATOLI BOUKREEV // Who Is To Blame?

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  @originalmindset5278 · 3 years ago

  May you Rest In Power, Anatoli... You are a Hero, of the Mountains. ⛰️⛰️⛰️

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  @palkulcsar2074 · 4 years ago

  He was able to save three total incompetents by going out alone in a storm like hell. In itself this is proof of his qualities beyond any doubt.

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  @corinacerbu8266 · 4 years ago

  He carried 3 (stupid) people through hurricane level wind, at high altitude in a whiteout. He risked his life 3 times. He is a hero in my book.

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  @quickestcat40 · 3 years ago

  Boukreev is without a doubt a hero, and one of (the?) greater climbers ever. Krakauer was just looking for a villain for his story, and it's outrageous to me that he chose to vilify a man who risked his life to save three other people.

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  @dawnkobylarz7126 · 4 years ago

  Anatolia saved alot of people,he should be thought of as a hero

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  @Iiwii11 · 4 years ago

  I read “Into Thin Air” when it first came out, and I thought even then, when I didn’t know all the facts, that his blaming Anatoli was unfair. If he hadn’t brought those 3 hikers back, they also would have died. It seemed to me that John didn’t like his personality so he was being overly critical.

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  @3ringcircus · 4 years ago

  Boukreev was NOT the only guide who survived: So did Neal Beidleman from MM and Mike Groom from AC

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  @tonygriffin_ · 4 years ago

  He went back out time and again into that storm and saved 3 people. Been a hero of mine since I first read about it (which was in 98, while climbing and trekking in Solo Khumbu).

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  @peters6850 · 3 years ago

  If he was in the military, he would have surely gotten the medal of honor for putting his life aside to save others. Hero

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  @terrybardy2848 · 4 years ago (edited)

  He might have been moody, but he had a heart of gold!  Rest in Peace. 🕊️

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  @The-bi5ry · 2 years ago

  While I understand Kraukauer's comment on Anatoli using oxygen, villifying him was not it. Anatoli's logic does make sense. He didnt want to use it because he usually never did and that if he used it and ran out, it would lead to him feeling worse than if he hadn't. He did carry a bottle just in case which he gave up to Neil. That man did not deserve to be scrutinized after he saved multiple dying people.

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  @fionawilson6472 · 3 years ago

  Boukreev is controversial because Jon Krakauer decided to turn him into the villain of &quot;Into Thin Air&quot;, and then the book became intensely successful. Based on all the accounts of what happened that I&apos;ve read, it starts to sound suspiciously like the major cause of the disaster (beyond bad luck with the weather), was that the expedition leaders for the two main teams felt extreme pressure to successfully get clients to the summit. They pushed on when they shouldn&apos;t have, and didn&apos;t have enough support resources.<br><br>Why would two experienced mountaineers have made risky decisions like that? Could it have had something to do with the presence of a journalist? The article that Krakauer was going to right could have had huge economic consequences for the businesses of both expedition leaders, depending on how they came off.<br><br>I&apos;m not suggesting that Krakauer is to blame for what happened. However, remembering that he was a participant, not just an observer, starts to make some of his attacks on Boukreev sound like projection. For example, framing Boukreev as &quot;abandoning&quot; his clients because he descended quickly, which allowed him to act as support and rescue for climbers in trouble later... when by the account of another climber who was dealing with vision issues, he begged Krakauer to help him descend, and was ignored.<br><br>It is just... completely absurd that the man who risked his life multiple times to save others, who rescued three fellow climbers, who went back up the mountain the day after summitting in the hopes that his friend might still be alive and could be helped, who begged others at the high camp to come with him in rescue efforts, and went out alone when no one else would come... is somehow remembered by many as having caused the disaster by making choices that allegedly left him *physically unprepared*.

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