Why Did They All Die? ; Mountaineer Graham Ratcliffe Was the First British Man to Reach the Summit of Everest Twice. Liz Lamb Meets the Father of Two to Talk About His Tell-All Book Which Features New Revelations About the 1996 Everest Disaster Which Claimed Eight Lives.: 'What Happened Is Like the Titanic: Heading Towards the Iceberg'

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FOR more than 10 years Graham Ratcliffe shouldered a heavy burden of guilt. Could he have saved lives the fateful night eight climbers perished on Everest? Why did he survive when others died? That guilt and a constant niggle that the true facts of the tragedy had never been fully revealed led the North East climber on a personal quest for answers.

The result is his new book, A Day to Die For, which is set to rewrite the worst day in Everest's long history.

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Why Did They All Die? ; Mountaineer Graham Ratcliffe Was the First British Man to Reach the Summit of Everest Twice. Liz Lamb Meets the Father of Two to Talk About His Tell-All Book Which Features New Revelations About the 1996 Everest Disaster Which Claimed Eight Lives.: 'What Happened Is Like the Titanic: Heading Towards the Iceberg'

There have been numerous accounts of the 1996 disaster over the years. Journalist Jon Krakauer's international bestseller Into Thin Air sold in excess of four million copies in the US alone while the Imax film Everest, which grossed more than $100m in its first two years, became the highestgrossing non-fiction film up to that time. The revelations uncovered by Graham do not rest easy with him. He knows relatives of the dead will be deeply upset by what he has discovered, but the 5...

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