Last paragraph, which Seattle hates to read,
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Krakauer suggests now that "if he [Boukreev] had only lived, I think we could be sorting this thing out." I would ask Krakauer to remember that in the last paragraph of his first letter to Outside (July 31, 1996), Anatoli said: "I know Mr. Krakauer, like me, grieves and feels profoundly the loss of our fellow climbers. We both wish that events had unfolded in a very different way. 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 risks for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains. I extend my hand to him and encourage that effort."
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Again, read Ed Viesturs' Book, No Shortcuts to the top, which only in between the lines implies that Krakauer was being less than honest, although he bends over backwards not to create a controversy.
Ed's book doesn't focus exclusively upon the 1996 May expedition and is more even handed than any of the other books.