I told them, you can succeed – it’s not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams. Anatoli Boukreev Read Quote
What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains. Anatoli Boukreev Read Quote
There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I’m not a businessman, I am a climber. Anatoli Boukreev Read Quote
People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team. Anatoli Boukreev Read Quote
I think that people ran out of oxygen and don’t really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren’t sure what had happened. Anatoli Boukreev Read Quote
I said to Scott that the ascent seemed to be going slowly and that I was concerned descending climbers could possibly run out of oxygen before their return to camp IV. Anatoli Boukreev Read Quote
I offer my expertise and experience for hire in order to help a group of people reach the summit. Anatoli Boukreev Read Quote
