Originally Posted By Swimswithtrout
The Everest accident was a huge FUBAR of mistakes upon mistakes. Krakower is a not exactly a disinterested reporter.


Touching the Void is a far more factual recount of a climbing accident.


Nobody has written a novel or made a movie of my long time climbing partner Malcolm Daly's accident in AK. Here's his own verbal account http://www.trango.com/stories/mal_accident.pdf



Malcolm is on the left, me on the right in this photo from '76 on our first trip to Yosemite.

Writers have other motivations besides serving up the truth. If they didn't they'd be journalists.


That picture is awesome.
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