This analysis recounts the official accounts of occurrences between 10 May 1996 – 12 May 1996.

We’ll discuss the events from two sides of the same tragedy, which were eventually written into two books: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer and “The Climb” by Anatoli Boukreev.

These accounts have remained controversial and conflicting in their beliefs of what and who was to blame for the tragedy.