I think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened. Anatoli Boukreev More Quotes by Anatoli Boukreev More Quotes From Anatoli Boukreev There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I'm not a businessman, I am a climber. Anatoli Boukreev answer cannot i-am questions What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains. Anatoli Boukreev mountains challenge day hope I told them, you can succeed - it's not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams. Anatoli Boukreev die you succeed time