Anatoli Boukreev's Heroic Actions

Alisha Boisvert
Essay #7
English 101
11/18/02

Anatoli Boukreev’s Heroic Actions
On May 10, 1996, many climbers were stuck on top of Mt. Everest in what is looked at as the “deadliest season in Everest history” (Krakauer back cover). People could not get down because the storm was so fierce. Anatoli Boukreev, a Russian guide on Scott Fischer’s Mountain Madness team, made many rescues which Galen Rowell, a mountain photographer, described as some “of the most amazing rescues in mountaineering history” (Lalime 3). Boukreev, co-author of The Climb, has climbed many mountains including “four 8000 meter peeks in 80 days” (Mountain Zone 1). This achievement shows that Boukreev has had a lot of experience with climbing. In May of 1996 Boukreev was climbing Everest as a guide. On May 10 the group of climbers on Everest reached the summit and started their trek back down. Boukreev left the summit before the rest of his group and made it down to Camp IV, which many peo...