 The book is also partially a response to Jon Krakauer's account of the same 1996 Everest climb in his book "Into Thin Air" (1997), which appeared to criticize some of Boukreev's actions during the climb.After "The Climb" was published, DeWalt leveled many public criticisms at Krakauer concerning the accuracy of each man's account of what happened on the mountain during the 1996 climbs.Krakauer details the disagreements, and his rapprochement with Boukreev, in the postscript to the 1999 edition of "Into Thin Air".