Boukreev and DeWalt’s Collaboration

The Climb

This flow traces the collaboration between Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt as they shape a personal account amid public controversy.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

A Meeting in Santa Fe A Meeting in Santa Fe from "The Climb". A Meeting in Santa Fe First Conversation G. Weston DeWalt meets Anatoli Boukreev after the climber returns from Everest injured, exhausted, and emotionally…

A Meeting in Santa Fe from "The Climb". A Meeting in Santa Fe First Conversation G. Weston DeWalt meets Anatoli Boukreev after the climber returns from Everest injured, exhausted, and emotionally…

A Meeting in Santa Fe First Conversation G. Weston DeWalt meets Anatoli Boukreev after the climber returns from Everest injured, exhausted, and emotionally distant. Listening Boukreev wants to understand what happened more than to deliver a polished defense, and DeWalt begins recording their conversations.

An Open-ended Project An Open-ended Project from "The Climb". An Open-ended Project Agreement Anatoli Boukreev and G.

An Open-ended Project Agreement Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt agree to collaborate on a book, with DeWalt retaining freedom to ask beyond Boukreev’s experience. Shared Curiosity The project becomes both a record of events and an effort to understand what no single climber could see.

Building the Record Building the Record from "The Climb". Building the Record Research and Memory DeWalt travels, interviews climbers, and uses journals, expedition documents, and the taped debriefing while Boukreev…

Building the Record from "The Climb". Building the Record Research and Memory DeWalt travels, interviews climbers, and uses journals, expedition documents, and the taped debriefing while Boukreev…

Building the Record Research and Memory DeWalt travels, interviews climbers, and uses journals, expedition documents, and the taped debriefing while Boukreev contributes his own account. Translation Their work depends on interpreters and repeated clarification, especially where Boukreev’s English cannot carry the full complexity of his meaning.

A Promise About the Work A Promise About the Work from "The Climb". A Promise About the Work Shared Responsibility When discussing what must be completed while Boukreev is away, DeWalt hears him say that the work must continue…

A Promise About the Work from "The Climb". A Promise About the Work Shared Responsibility When discussing what must be completed while Boukreev is away, DeWalt hears him say that the work must continue…

A Promise About the Work Shared Responsibility When discussing what must be completed while Boukreev is away, DeWalt hears him say that the work must continue if he does not return. Trust The exchange makes their collaboration personal as well as literary, grounded in a promise to finish the account.

Writing After Loss Writing After Loss from "The Climb". Writing After Loss Completion After Anatoli Boukreev dies, G. Weston DeWalt continues the book and later defends its account against Jon Krakauer’s criticism.

Writing After Loss from "The Climb". Writing After Loss Completion After Anatoli Boukreev dies, G. Weston DeWalt continues the book and later defends its account against Jon Krakauer’s criticism.

Writing After Loss Completion After Anatoli Boukreev dies, G. Weston DeWalt continues the book and later defends its account against Jon Krakauer’s criticism. A Continuing Bond The work becomes a form of memorial and a responsibility DeWalt believes he owes his collaborator.

May 28, 1996

June 1996

1997 during manuscript preparation

before Boukreev’s late 1997 expedition

December 1997 to 1999