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A day to die for, 1996 : Everest's worst disaster : one survivor's personal journey to uncover the truth, Graham Ratcliffe

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A day to die for, 1996 : Everest's worst disaster : one survivor's personal journey to uncover the truth, Graham Ratcliffe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A day to die for

Responsibility statement

Graham Ratcliffe

Sub title

1996 : Everest's worst disaster : one survivor's personal journey to uncover the truth

Summary

As a first hand witness, Graham Ratcliffe spent the night of 10 May on Everest's South Col, at 26,000 ft, sheltering from the deadly storm that would claim eight lives. This is Graham's incredible story of high adventure and of a very moving personal journey; his quest for the truth that would help him come to terms with the guilt he carried. For more than a decade he had shouldered the burden that he and his fellow teammates could have saved lives that fateful night. So startling are the author's subsequent discoveries that his revelations rewrite the worst day in Everest's long history and reputations are left in tatters. Seminal days of yesteryear are dotted with high profile disasters that both horrify and grab the attention of the public at large, but very rarely, if ever, can they be rewritten with such devastating effect

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