When David Breashears agreed to climb Mount Everest with an IMAX camera in order to film from the summit, he had no idea that his little expedition would become embroiled in a tragedy that would make headlines around the world. On May 10, 1996, two expeditions led by experienced Everest guides Rob Hall and Scott Fisher summited the mountain, only to suffer the loss of eight members - including the two leaders - on the way back down. At the time, Breashears and his filmmaking crew were at the base camp preparing for their own climb - originally planned for that same day but postponed after..
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In 1976, John Roskelley joined an expedition to climb Nanda Devi, the third highest mountain in the...
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Dawa Steven Sherpa, Managing Director of Asian Trekking (P) Ltd made his first ascent of Mt. Everest...
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Article for The Chrysalis Reader about an avalanche in the Nepal Himalayas in October 1999
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‘‘T enzing and I stepped on the summit of Everest on May 29th, 1953.I felt no great surge of joy and...
On the morning of May 10, 1996, climbers (Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin) from two expeditions start thei...
A vividly written, scholarly study of the relationship between the Sherpas and the mountaineers who ...
“Life in the Big Meh,” in which Sandy Stott reviews John Branch’s long, illustrated piece about Ever...
The 96 Mount Everest Disaster refers to the events that took place from May 10 to 11, 1996, when eig...
In 1976, John Roskelley joined an expedition to climb Nanda Devi, the third highest mountain in the...
An intimate story of personal cost, risk, and loss in the mountaineering world. Nobody has written m...
In 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 metres had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other member...
For mountaineers, the 14 peaks above 8,000 meters-all located in the Himalayan range near the border...
Dawa Steven Sherpa, Managing Director of Asian Trekking (P) Ltd made his first ascent of Mt. Everest...
The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate T...
A quick summary of new routes on big mountains. Six climbers died and two lied about their summit su...
Article for The Chrysalis Reader about an avalanche in the Nepal Himalayas in October 1999
Himalayan adventure travel is a burgeoning industry in some mountainous regions of Nepal, India, and...
The second of June is the anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England. On that sa...
‘‘T enzing and I stepped on the summit of Everest on May 29th, 1953.I felt no great surge of joy and...
On the morning of May 10, 1996, climbers (Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin) from two expeditions start thei...
A vividly written, scholarly study of the relationship between the Sherpas and the mountaineers who ...
“Life in the Big Meh,” in which Sandy Stott reviews John Branch’s long, illustrated piece about Ever...
The 96 Mount Everest Disaster refers to the events that took place from May 10 to 11, 1996, when eig...