Anatoli Boukreev
Anatoli Boukreev
Anatoli Nikolaevich Boukreevwas a Russian Kazakhstani mountaineer who made ascents of 10 of the 14 eight-thousander peaks, i.e., peaks above 8,000 m, without supplemental oxygen. From 1989 through 1997, he made 18 successful ascents of peaks above 8000 m...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth16 January 1958
CountryRussian Federation
mean guides everest
I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.
thinking impossible fischer
I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business.
country years important
I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. I've been working with them for a year.
adventure climbing standards-set
How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ?
life opportunity everest
I cannot say to be glad or not glad to be on Everest. It is my life. I have opportunity to be here, so I am here.
order people groups
I offer my expertise and experience for hire in order to help a group of people reach the summit.
travel quality gears
A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than that worn by the other members of our expedition.
forever soul mountain
Mountains have the power to call us into their realms and there, left forever, are our friends whose great souls were longing for the heights. Do not forget the mountaineers who have not returned from the summits.
wings bird mountain
Honestly, I do not experience fear in the mountains. On the contraryI feel my shoulders straightening, squaring, like the birds as they straighten their wings. I enjoy the freedom and the altitude. It is only when I return to life below that I feel the world's weight on my shoulders.
sports struggle rocks
Big mountains are a completely different world: snow, ice, rocks, sky, and thin air. You cannot conquer them, only rise to their height for a short time; and for that they demand a great deal. The struggle is not with the enemy, or a competitor like in sports, but with yourself, with the feelings of weakness and inadequacy. That struggle appeals to me. It is why I became a mountaineer.
dream past journey
Mountains are cathedrals: grand and pure, the houses of my religion. I go to them as humans go to worship...From their lofty summits, I view my past, dream of the future, and with unusual acuity I am allowed to experience the present moment. My strength renewed, my vision cleared, in the mountains I celebrate creation. On each journey I am reborn.
ambition climbing practice
Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.