The Storms

In August 1979 twenty seven year old Mike Trueman set sail from the south west coast of Wales, en route to Cornwall The young army helicopter pilot was helping to move his friend s yacht from Northern Ireland to the south coast of England But as they sailed out into the Irish Sea, the sky turned progressively darker and the winds gathered pace.Over the next twenty four hours the two young sailors battled to survive force 10 gales in what became known as the Fastnet disaster and which claimed the lives of fifteen sailors off the coast of Ireland Almost seventeen years later, Trueman was at Camp 2 at 6,400 metres on Mount Everest as the May 1996 tragedy unfolded high above him As stricken guides, clients and Sherpas tried to survive the fierce storms which engulfed the upper mountain, Trueman was able to descend and using his twenty four years of experience as an officer in the British Army coordinate the rescue effort from Base Camp The Storms is the remarkable memoir of a British Army Gurkha officer Trueman, a veteran of twenty expeditions to the Himalaya, gives a candid account of life inside expeditions to the highest mountain in the world He gives a unique personal perspective on the 1996 Everest storm, as well as on the fateful day in May 1999 when Briton Mike Matthews disappeared high on the mountain after he and Trueman had summited. Download The Storms author Mike Trueman – kino-fada.fr I found this well written and the autobiographical nature of the book it doesn t just concentrate on the 96 disaster gave a good context Mike manages to be relatively non judgemental about other s decisions with one or two exceptions I liked that we followed his later and ultimately s...Good StoryThis started a little slowly, but once it got going, it was worth the wait It s interesting and well written I liked the fact that as in other books written about the events that took place,...Good book on 1996 and other years climbsVery good telling of the 1996 disaster telling facts and withholding blame, unlike other authors and other years on Everest Mostly a British slant to things I have read everything on the 1996 climbs that I can find and this rendition gave a few points that...UnrealThe people that do these kinds of things are hard to understand So many of the climbers seen in the pictures end up dead It s just a whole different mindset Hard to feel any compassion.Good bookVery interesting to read Lots of adventures and sad deaths Worth reading and enjoyable What an exciting life some people lead.Despite the exciting subject matter I found the book a bit on the dull side Very factual.This was another good book about the 1996 Everest disaster from the viewpoint of Mike who was part of Mal Duff s expedition, spending some time with a Yugoslav team and the South Africans He had previously given an opinion that Ian Woodall was not right for an expedition leader years before based on alleged lying about his experience on mountains and in the army.Mike backs up what Ian Woodall said about the behaviour of South African team doctor Charlotte Fox, who was fired from the team, and b This was another good book about the 1996 Everest disaster from the viewpoint of Mike who was part of Mal Duff s expedition, spending some time with a Yugoslav team and the South Africans He had previously given an opinion that Ian Woodall was not right for an expedition leader years before based on alleged lying about his experience on mountains and in the army.Mike backs up what Ian Woodall said about the behaviour of South African team doctor Charlotte Fox, who was fired from the team, and backs up claims made in two books about her climbing illegally on the mountain without a permit Mike says she went down the mountain ignoring a sick climber needing help, knowing she would be in trouble if she helped him as she was not meant to be there Angry climbers reported her and she was kicked out of base camp He does not agree with Ian s assertion that D...

• English
• 07 January 2018
Mike Trueman
• Kindle Edition
• 192 pages
• Mike Trueman
• The Storms