Anatoli Boukreev Quotes


There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I'm not a businessman, I am a climber.


Citations

Boukreev, Anatoli. Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer. Edited by Linda Wylie, St. Martin's Griffin, 2001.

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Anatoli Boukreev
Anatoli Boukreev
  • Born: January 16, 1958
  • Died: December 25, 1997
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Mountaineer

Anatoli Nikolaevich Boukreev was a Russian Kazakhstani mountaineer who made ascents of 10 of the 14 eight-thousander peaks—those above 8,000 m (26,247 ft)—without supplemental oxygen. From 1989 through 1997, he made 18 successful ascents of peaks above 8000 m.