A Day To Die For: 1996 Everest's Worst Disaster
by Graham Ratcliffe
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Mainstream Publishing, Great Britain, 2011. Softcover. Good Condition. Jon Krakauer's international bestseller, Into Thin Air, claimed by many as the best in its genre, left the world reeling in astonishment at the worst disaster to beset climbers on the world's highest mountain: Everest. His book sold in excess of four million copies in the US alone. The IMAX film, Everest, which grossed more than $100 million in the first 24 months, covered aspects of the 10 May disaster, becoming the highest grossing non-fiction film up to that time. Several other books were published and films were made. But was the truth told? A Day to Die For reveals for the first time the true facts that led to the 1996 tragedy. 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 u 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. 334 pages. Pages browned at edges. Cover has a few creases. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Sport::Climbing & Mountaineering. ISBN/EAN: 9781845966386. Inventory No: 268898.. 9781845966386
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Married with two daughters, GRAHAM RATCLIFFE now divides his time between his homes in North Shields and the south-east of France. In 1998, he was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
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- A Day To Die For: 1996 Everest's Worst Disaster
- Author
- Graham Ratcliffe
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- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1845966384
- ISBN 13
- 9781845966386
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- Mainstream Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 2011
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- BZDB43 Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Sport::Climbing & Mountaineering. Unbranded EAN: 9781845966386 Graham Ratcliffe A Day To Die For: 1996 Everest's Worst Disaster
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