Anatolia boukreev biography examples

At the base of Annapurna, in Nepal, there’s a base camp where hikers, trekkers, pilgrims, wanderers, and mountain climbers come and stay to acclimatize, or to rest, or simply to stand or sit among these famed peaks whose names have become the stuff of legend.

Sealed into white rock and concrete, there’s a copper plaque, blueing around the edges some where water drips and rubs the copper to rust. The plaque says:

“Anatoli Nickolivich Boukreev. January 16, 1958; Korkino, Russia – December 25, 1997; Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal.

Anatolia boukreev biography examples

‘Mountains are not Stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve. They are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.’ ”

Boukreev was born to poor parents. He went to school, went to university, did things that many young Russians do.

But he dreamed of something larger than himself, and, following university, he moved to the mountains, and there Boukreev found himself. After graduation, t