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Anatoli Boukreev, an Uncommon card
Anatoli Nikolaevich Boukreev was a Russian-born Kazakh mountaineer who made ascents of 10 of the 14 eight-thousander peaks, those above 8,000 m, without supplemental oxygen.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Anatoli Boukreev quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Anatoli Boukreev card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From 1989 through 1997, he made 18 ______ ascents of peaks above 8,000 m.
Answer
successful. From 1989 through 1997, he made 18 successful ascents of peaks above 8,000 m. From the Anatoli Boukreev article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He became even more widely known for saving the lives of three climbers during the ____ Mount Everest disaster, although his actions during that event were tinged with controversy.
Answer
1990s. He became even more widely known for saving the lives of three climbers during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, although his actions during that event were tinged with controversy. From the Anatoli Boukreev article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
One-time pad. One-time pad 77 · Queen Sofía of Spain 74 · Anatoli Boukreev 70 · Erik the Red 65 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- From 1989 through 1997, he made 18 successful ascents of peaks above 8,000 m.
- Boukreev had a reputation as an elite mountaineer in international climbing circles for summiting K2 in 1993 and Mount Everest via the North Ridge route in 1995, and for his solo speed ascents of some of the world's highest mountains.
- He became even more widely known for saving the lives of three climbers during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, although his actions during that event were tinged with controversy.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Anatoli Boukreev article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Anatoli Boukreev (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jaan Künnap, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
