Among its flaws the raid Attack suffered Catastrophe from a shortage of boats to effect Influence its retreat Escaping , costing Cost it two companies , and one of its detachments was misled by its guide to the front of the enemy position rather than its rear .

Anatoli Boukreev , a guide in the Mountain Madness team , felt impugned Judgment_communication by Krakauer 's book and co-authored a rebuttal book called `` The Climb : Tragic Ambitions on Everest '' ( 1997 ) .

All of the prisoners but one had their eyes gouged Bodily_harm out , and that one was left Departing with one eye to guide the others .

In Chinese , the 423 defenders Defending are known as the Eight Hundred Heroes , because commander Xie Jinyuan not wanting to reveal Reveal_secret their true strength to the Japanese , provided Supply an exaggerated number to girl guide Yang Huimin to announce Expressing_publicly to the public .