His purpose, he says, was to re-supply the clients with oxygen, warming tea, and support for them to get safe to camp. He also argued that the weather didn’t show any signs for them to know that it was going to change in that harsh way, which is also something than Krakauer said in his report. The weather was unpredictable, and since he didn’t see any danger in the weather, he was comfortable with that decision. He also noticed that Krakauer questioned his climbing without oxygen and the way he was dressed on summit day. He said that Boukreev’s choice of not using supplementary oxygen compromised his effectiveness, and that the clothes he was wearing were not adequate. Therefore, Boukreev defends himself, saying that it has been his practice to climb without supplementary oxygen, he was used to it and it was safer for him, and that there are photographs proving how his clothes were high quality and perfectly adequate for the
His purpose, he says, was to re-supply the clients with oxygen, warming tea, and support for them to get safe to camp. He also argued that the weather didn’t show any signs for them to know that it was going to change in that harsh way, which is also something than Krakauer said in his report. The weather was unpredictable, and since he didn’t see any danger in the weather, he was comfortable with that decision. He also noticed that Krakauer questioned his climbing without oxygen and the way he was dressed on summit day. He said that Boukreev’s choice of not using supplementary oxygen compromised his effectiveness, and that the clothes he was wearing were not adequate. Therefore, Boukreev defends himself, saying that it has been his practice to climb without supplementary oxygen, he was used to it and it was safer for him, and that there are photographs proving how his clothes were high quality and perfectly adequate for the