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Sep 29, 2015
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Cougar Insider
I'm not sure you can trust Viesturs either. After all, he willingly did this:
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I saw Everest last night. I was glad to see that they didn't just lazily rely on
Byron McNertney
9/29/15 10:33am
I love Into Thin Air--I've read it three times
Carnac el Magnifico
9/29/15 10:36am
I'm not sure you can trust Viesturs either. After all, he willingly did this:
Cougar Insider
9/29/15 10:40am
It's a broken link, but I assume it's Vertical Limit. Did you read Ed's memoirs?
Byron McNertney
9/29/15 10:51am
Hmm. I can see it, but yes, it is a Vertical Limit reference.
Cougar Insider
9/29/15 11:06am
I understand Krakauer threw stones he shouldn't have
Busiturtle
9/29/15 11:14am
It is great in IMAX 3D, otherwise it is just a straight retelling of the story.
Cachanilla83
9/29/15 11:24am
he admitted he could have done more
blucoug18
9/29/15 11:28am
Krakauer is a story teller. He won't let facts get in the way of a good story
Hank Rearden
9/29/15 10:36am
i actually think he did a "decent job" on "under the banner of heaven"...
ds7
9/29/15 11:10am
Doesn't the film take out the fact that they all absndoned Weathers a second
frontrowcougar
9/29/15 10:38am
It cuts out a lot of little details like that, but that's just what you have to
Byron McNertney
9/29/15 10:41am
Krakauer's account was always suspicious.
CosmoK
9/29/15 10:41am
Yep. I can't stand the guy.
Byron McNertney
9/29/15 10:43am
So is everyone anti-Krakauer because he wrote Under the Banner of Heaven?
Singcat
9/29/15 10:43am
Not JUST because of that. But it didn't help
Hank Rearden
9/29/15 10:44am
I know nothing about Alaska or climbing, but I know a thing about church history
Hank Rearden
9/29/15 10:52am
I don't think it helps with the Mormon crowd
Carnac el Magnifico
9/29/15 10:45am
No, it's because nearly every one of his books has been surrounded by
Byron McNertney
9/29/15 10:47am
no, I read Into Thin Air when it first came out
blucoug18
9/29/15 10:48am
Boukreev had plenty of backers of his version
blucoug18
9/29/15 10:47am
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