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next morning, 12 May, after a storm had collapsed his tent overnight and the other survivors once again thought he had died. Krakauer discovered he was still conscious when the survivors in Camp IV prepared to evacuate. Despite his worsening condition, Weathers found he could still move mostly under his own power. A rescue team mobilized, hopeful of getting
Weathers down the mountain alive. Over the next two days, Weathers was ushered down to Camp II with the assistance of eight healthy climbers from various expeditions, and was evacuated by a daring high-altitude helicopter rescue, one of the highest ever attempted. He survived and eventually recovered, but lost his nose, right hand, half his right forearm, and all the fingers on his left hand to frostbite.
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growing litter on
Everest—many discarded bottles have accumulated on its slopes—and keep marginally qualified climbers off the mountain. He does point out, however, that climbing Everest has always been a highly dangerous endeavor, even before the guided tours, with one fatality for every four climbers who reach the summit. Furthermore, he notes that many of the poor decisions made on 10 May came after two or more days of inadequate oxygen, nourishment, and rest (due to the effects of entering the
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248:(2011) that weather reports forecasting a major storm developing after 8 May and peaking in intensity on 11 May were delivered to expedition leaders. Hall and Fischer received these before their planned summit attempts on 10 May. Some of their teams summited Everest during an apparent break in this developing storm only to descend into the full force of it late on 10 May.
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that time. Additionally, a total of 84 climbers reached the summit that season, giving a fatality-to-summit ratio of 1 in 7—significantly less than the historical average of 1 in 4 prior to 1996. Accounting for the increased volume of climbers in 1996 compared with previous years, the fatality rates on
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797:(1997), state that using bottled oxygen gives a false sense of security. Krakauer and his supporters point out that, without bottled oxygen, Boukreev was unable to directly help his clients descend, and that Boukreev said that he was going down with client Martin Adams, but later descended faster and left Adams behind.
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Sherpa, was unable to descend below the
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but indicated that his frostbitten hands and feet were making it difficult to traverse the fixed ropes. Later in the afternoon, he radioed Base Camp, asking them to call his pregnant wife, Jan Arnold, on the satellite phone. During this last communication, they chose a name for their unborn child, he
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Near midnight, the blizzard cleared sufficiently for the team to see Camp IV, some 200 m (660 ft) away. Beidleman, Groom, Schoening, and
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Climbing without supplemental oxygen, guide
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Moore explains that these jet streaks can drag a huge draught of air up the side of the mountain, lowering the air pressure. He calculates that this typically reduces the partial pressure of oxygen in the air by about 6%, which translates to a 14% reduction in oxygen uptake for the climbers. Air at
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My particular physiology, my years of high-altitude climbing, my discipline, the commitment I make to proper acclimatization, and the knowledge I have of my own capacities have always made me comfortable with this choice. And, Scott
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1996 is statistically curious as the fatality rates on
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Following the disaster, the use and non-use of supplementary oxygen was the focus of much discussion and analysis, with a guide and a sardar both criticized by
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In the early morning of 11 May, at 04:43, Hall radioed Base Camp and said he was on the South Summit (8,749 m or 28,704 ft), confirming that he had survived the night. He reported that Harris had reached the two men, but Hansen, who had been with him since the previous afternoon, was now
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Hall radioed for help, saying that Hansen had fallen unconscious but was still alive. At 17:30, Adventure Consultants guide Andy Harris, carrying supplementary oxygen and water, began climbing alone from the South Summit (8,749 m or 28,704 ft) toward Hansen and Hall at the top of Hillary
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Boukreev began his descent to Camp IV at 14:30, having spent nearly 1.5 hours at or near the summit helping others complete the climb. By that time, Hall, Krakauer, Harris, Beidleman, Namba, and Mountain Madness clients Martin Adams and Klev Schoening had reached the summit, and the remaining four
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had been placed, and they were forced to wait an hour while the guides installed the ropes. Because some 33 climbers were attempting the summit on the same day, and Hall and Fischer had asked their climbers to stay within 150 m (500 ft) of each other, there was a bottleneck at the single
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had disappeared from sight, shrouded by a tall drift formed around his body. Andy Harris and Doug Hansen may lie near him, though we'll probably never know. Near the base of the Hillary Step we found the last vestige of the 1996 disasters, the body of Bruce Herrod, the photojournalist who'd been
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Jon Krakauer has suggested that the use of bottled oxygen and commercial guides, who personally accompanied and took care of all pathmaking, equipment, and important decisions, allowed otherwise unqualified climbers to attempt to summit, thereby leading to dangerous situations and more deaths. In
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Later in the day, however, Weathers regained consciousness and walked alone under his own power to the camp, surprising everyone there, though he was still suffering severe hypothermia and frostbite. Despite receiving oxygen and attempts to rewarm him, Weathers was practically abandoned again the
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Several climbers got lost on the South Col during the storm. Mountain Madness guide Beidleman and clients Klev Schoening, Fox, Madsen, Pittman, and Gammelgaard, along with Adventure Consultant guide Mike Groom and clients Beck Weathers and Yasuko Namba wandered in the blizzard until they could no
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Boukreev recorded that he reached Camp IV by 17:00. The reasons for Boukreev's decision to descend ahead of his clients are disputed. Boukreev maintained that he wanted to be ready to assist struggling clients farther down the slope, and to retrieve hot tea and extra oxygen if necessary. Krakauer
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The expeditions quickly encountered delays. The climbing Sherpas and guides had not set the fixed ropes by the time the team reached the Balcony (8,350 m or 27,400 ft), and this cost the climbers almost an hour. There is some question as to the cause of this failure, which cannot now be
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The Sherpas listed above were the climbing Sherpas hired by Rob Hall's Adventure Consultants. There were many other Sherpas working at lower elevations who performed duties vital to the Adventure Consultants and Mountain Madness expeditions. Most climbing Sherpas' duties require them to ascend at
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The worsening weather began causing difficulties for the descending team members. The blizzard on the southwest face of Everest was reducing visibility, burying the fixed ropes, and obliterating the trail back to Camp IV that the teams had broken on the ascent. Fischer, helped by Lopsang Jangbu
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Krakauer also acknowledges that his own presence as a journalist for an important mountaineering magazine may have added pressure to guide clients to the summit despite the growing dangers. He proposed banning bottled oxygen except for emergency cases, arguing that this would both decrease the
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Pete Schoening had decided, while still at Base Camp (5,380 m or 17,650 ft), not to make the final push to the summit. The team began the assault on the summit on 6 May, bypassing Camp I (5,944 m or 19,501 ft) and stopping at Camp II (6,500 m or 21,300 ft) for two
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Meanwhile, Stuart Hutchison, a client on Hall's team who had turned around before the summit on 10 May, launched a second search for Weathers and Namba. He found both alive, but barely responsive and severely frostbitten, and in no condition to move. After consulting with Lopsang, he made the
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addition, he wrote that the competition between Hall and Fischer's guiding companies may have led to Hall's decision not to turn back on 10 May after the summiting deadline of 14:00. Though it's not clear whether the guides would have been effective had they stuck to the deadline.
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oxygen in emergencies stated above, and additionally both men gave detailed written explanations as to why they preferred not to use oxygen; both men did in fact carry a bottle on the summit day that could be used if needed in an emergency or extraordinary situation. In his book
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magazine for advertising space in exchange for a story about the growing popularity of commercial expeditions to Everest. Krakauer was originally slated to climb with Scott Fischer's Mountain Madness team, but Hall landed him, at least in part, by agreeing to reduce
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Bottlenecks at the Balcony and Hillary Step, which caused an hour-and-a-half delay in summiting. These delays were in themselves caused by delays in securing fixed ropes and the sheer number of people arriving at the bottlenecks at the same time (34 climbers on 10
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while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach the summit, making it the deadliest season on Mount Everest at the time and the third deadliest after the 23 fatalities resulting from
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approaches, the events on the latter were more widely reported. Four members of the Adventure Consultants expedition died, including Hall, while Fischer was the sole casualty of the Mountain Madness expedition. Three officers of the
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Step. Krakauer's account notes that by this time, the weather had deteriorated into a full-scale blizzard: "Snow pellets borne on 70 mph winds stung my face." Boukreev gives 18:00 as "the onset of a blizzard".
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did not have a company-issued radio, but did have a "small yellow" radio that was owned by Sandy Pittman. Rob Hall's team also had an issue with a radio during a discussion over oxygen bottles that caused confusion.
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magazine that an analysis of the weather conditions on 11 May suggested that atmospheric oxygen levels fell by an additional 6% as a result of the storm, resulting in a further 14% reduction in oxygen uptake.
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To this I would add: As a precautionary measure, in the event that some extraordinary demand was placed upon me on summit day, I was carrying one (1) bottle of supplementary oxygen, a mask, and a regulator.
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reassured her that he was reasonably comfortable, and told her, "Sleep well, my sweetheart. Please don't worry too much." Shortly thereafter, he froze to death in his sleep. His body was found on 23 May by
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It's very difficult to turn someone around high on the mountain. If a client sees that the summit is close and they're dead-set on getting there, they're going to laugh in your face and keep going.
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25 May – Bruce Herrod – photojournalist with a South African team, was on the South Col during the 10–11 May storm and reached the summit two weeks later, but died descending the Southeast Ridge
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Mountain Madness clients had arrived. After this time, Krakauer noted that the weather did not look so benign. At 15:00, snow started to fall, and the light was diminishing.
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fixed line at the Hillary Step. Hutchison, Kasischke, and Taske returned towards Camp IV as they feared they would run out of supplementary oxygen due to the delays.
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me, once acclimatized, to climb without oxygen in order to avoid the sudden loss of acclimatization that occurs when supplementary oxygen supplies are depleted.
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before rescuing Gau. Boukreev made a subsequent rescue attempt but found Fischer's frozen body at around 19:00. Like Weathers, Gau was evacuated by helicopter.
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least as high as Camp III or IV, but not all of them summit. The expedition leaders intend for only a select few of their climbing Sherpas to summit. Legendary
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A Day to Die for : 1996 : Everest's worst disaster : the untold true story
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describes encountering some of the bodies upon climbing Everest again in May 1997.
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The Website for the 2008 PBS Frontline television show titled Storm Over Everest.
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that altitude already contains only one third as much oxygen as sea-level air.
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19 May – Reinhard Wlasich – Austrian climber, died from a combination of
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PBS Storm over Everest : Roundtable : The Ethics of Climbing
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Following the disaster, several survivors wrote memoirs. Journalist
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Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy
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Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
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2584:"REVIEW: Dallas Opera's stunning world premiere of 'Everest'"
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on 22 April while working above Base Camp; died in June in a
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1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest
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1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest
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After the Wind: 1996 Everest Tragedy, One Survivor's Story
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1856:"Anatoli Boukreev's response to Krakauer's article"
1668:"Apa Sherpa Full Biography - Apa Sherpa Foundation"
272:, consisted of 19 people, including eight clients.
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1531:"Climbing Veterans Call Everest Deaths Inevitable"
667:led a five-member team to Everest on 10 May 1996.
323:west ridge in 1992, and Everest north side in 1994
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724:Map of Mount Everest, South Col, and Hillary Step
2690:Climber Recounts Tragedy in 'Storm Over Everest'
1345:: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
2695:Ken Kamler: Medical miracle on Everest – TEDMED
1478:List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
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622:he contracted during hauling duties to Camp II)
449:, consisted of 19 people, including 8 clients.
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1493:List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
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2316:Boukreev, Anatoli; DeWalt, G. Weston (2002).
846:decision that they could not be saved by the
744:resolved as the expedition leaders perished.
618:Ngawang Topche (died a few months later from
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326:Lou Kasischke (53) – had climbed six of the
242:The Storms: Adventure and Tragedy on Everest
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928:above 8,000 m or 26,000 ft).
516:all 53 of the 14,000 ft (4,267 m) peaks
3248:Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition
3243:Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb
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2480:. Movies & TV Dept. Archived from
2318:The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
2180:. Edinburgh: Mainstream. p. 328.
1575:The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
1488:List of media related to Mount Everest
1396:and broadcast on the US PBS-TV series
212:The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
129:occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight
54:Altitude 8,849 metres (29,032 ft)
1910:"Salon Wanderlust | Coming down"
1425:The events inspired the feature film
1390:Remnants of Everest: The 1996 Tragedy
1301:– Nepalese Sherpa, the same climbing
640:nights. However, Kruse suffered from
465:350 m (1,150 ft) below the
335:(42) – journalist on assignment from
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1766:Conant, Jennet (22 September 2015).
570:saving the lives of six team members
3414:Expedition Everest (roller coaster)
3267:Francys Arsentiev (Sleeping Beauty)
1827:. Outsideonline.com. Archived from
1483:List of deaths on eight-thousanders
989:The 1996 season after this disaster
688:Half of the climbing team from the
3158:1933 British aerial reconnaissance
268:' 1996 Everest expedition, led by
205:(1997) which became a bestseller.
173:. While climbers died on both the
14:
2408:. 14 October 1996. Archived from
2264:"The Day the Sky Fell on Everest"
838:and fellow mountaineers from the
560:(68) – one of the first to climb
3238:2007 Altitude Everest expedition
3119:
2854:Tsewang Samanla and Dorje Morup
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2320:. Pan Books. pp. 217, 218.
1512:"Mount Everest Nepal Earthquake"
1402:), is a documentary by director
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445:1996 Everest expedition, led by
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2889:Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
2477:Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
2088:. 29 March 2012. Archived from
1467:(first published June 9, 1999).
1333:Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
707:) died on the Northeast Ridge.
695:expedition from India (Subedar
474:(36) – professional outdoorsman
3427:The Man Who Skied Down Everest
2744:Mount Everest disaster of 1996
1347:(1997). The film, directed by
1192:Northeast Ridge, 8,600 m
1161:Southeast Ridge, 8,300 m
873:Ineffectiveness of leadership
551:(41) – had climbed six of the
482:David A. Sowles Memorial Award
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3218:1976 British–Nepalese SW Face
2545:Frontline: Storm Over Everest
2464:with the South African team."
1916:. 10 May 1996. Archived from
1602:; Stephen G. Michaud (2000).
1392:(2007; released in the US as
829:By 09:00, Hall had fixed his
653:high-altitude pulmonary edema
634:high-altitude pulmonary edema
150:and the 16 fatalities of the
3664:History of Nepal (1951–2008)
3613:List of Mount Everest guides
2840:Andy Harris (mountain guide)
2289:Peplow, Mark (25 May 2004).
2046:"Gau's account and pictures"
1529:Dahlburg, John-Thor (1996).
646:high-altitude cerebral edema
219:, of Hall's expedition, and
152:2014 Mount Everest avalanche
3152:Affair of the Dancing Lamas
3138:1921 British reconnaissance
2548:. PBS. 2007. Archived from
1572:; G. Weston Dewalt (1997).
1384:National Geographic Channel
1189:Indo-Tibetan Border Police
568:; known for singlehandedly
319:winter expedition in 1988,
148:April 2015 Nepal earthquake
127:1996 Mount Everest disaster
33:The summit of Mount Everest
22:1996 Mount Everest disaster
3690:
3659:Natural disasters in Nepal
2640:Ratcliffe, Graham (2013).
2353:List of Everest Fatalities
2176:Ratcliffe, Graham (2011).
2048:. Classic.mountainzone.com
1406:), with music composed by
1140:(Guide/Expedition leader)
1085:(Guide/Expedition leader)
716:Delays reaching the summit
690:Indo-Tibetan Border Police
681:
678:Indo-Tibetan Border Police
572:during a mass fall in the
184:Indo-Tibetan Border Police
110:Indo-Tibetan Border Police
3403:Everest: Beyond the Limit
3318:Joint Himalayan Committee
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1627:Gammelgard, Lene (2000).
1578:. New York: St. Martins.
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3654:Mountaineering disasters
3223:1979 Yugoslav West Ridge
2798:Sandy Hill (mountaineer)
2700:24 February 2014 at the
2116:www.theaustralian.com.au
1380:The Dark Side of Everest
1249:Other fatalities in 1996
3674:1996 disasters in Nepal
3669:May 1996 events in Asia
3453:The Conquest of Everest
3323:Mount Everest Committee
2793:Michael Groom (climber)
2270:(2449): 15. 29 May 2004
2163:, pp. 342–344, 368
1672:apasherpafoundation.org
1631:. New York: Perennial.
463:Southeast ridge balcony
16:Death of eight climbers
3639:1996 disasters in Asia
3595:20th-century summiters
2474:Jonathan Crow (2008).
1897:Statement by Ang Dorje
1711:americanalpineclub.org
1696:Boukreev; Dewalt p. 12
1447:and premiered in 2015.
1422:, 2012 TV documentary.
1047:Adventure Consultants
1027:Andrew "Harold" Harris
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2788:Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa
2564:"Into the Death Zone"
1606:. New York: Villard.
1415:Seconds from Disaster
1299:Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa
1062:Doug Hansen (Client)
933:University of Toronto
786:Descent in a blizzard
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599:Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa
266:Adventure Consultants
260:Adventure Consultants
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3545:Mount Everest massif
3433:Mount Everest webcam
3213:1975 British SW Face
2552:on 10 December 2015.
2522:The Austin Chronicle
2027:3 March 2000 at the
1831:on 19 September 2010
1717:on 27 September 2015
998:-than-average year.
946:Supplementary oxygen
884:South African team's
659:Taiwanese expedition
486:American Alpine Club
3590:Times to the summit
3365:The Epic of Everest
2484:on 13 October 2008.
2449:Breashears, David.
2004:25 May 2009 at the
1879:, pp. 241–242.
1858:. Outsideonline.com
1741:, pp. 108–114.
1419:Into the Death Zone
1314:In the epilogue to
574:American expedition
514:(38) – had climbed
78: /
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3467:Wings Over Everest
3390:(Indian TV series)
2590:on 2 February 2017
2391:, pp. 108–114
2355:AdventureStats.com
2151:, pp. 322–324
2068:Storm Over Everest
2022:Coming Down page 3
1893:Storm Over Everest
1678:on 17 October 2016
1516:The New York Times
1394:Storm over Everest
1132:, c. 7,900 m
1018:Location of death
1002:List of fatalities
747:Upon reaching the
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2632:978-0-385-49208-9
2327:978-0-330-48896-9
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1944:outsideonline.com
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1638:978-0-330-39227-3
1613:978-0-375-50404-4
1585:978-0-312-96533-4
1570:Boukreev, Anatoli
1535:Los Angeles Times
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3396:Everest '82
3382:(2015 film)
3374:(1998 film)
3359:(2007 film)
3297:David Sharp
3277:Green Boots
3130:Expeditions
3111:Western Cwm
3097:Three Steps
3033:(East Face)
3016:Geneva Spur
2936:Expeditions
2913:(2015 film)
2905:(1998 film)
2858:Green Boots
2528:19 November
2498:|work=
2416:24 February
2297:11 December
2274:11 December
2035:1998 August
1804:14 November
1772:Vanity Fair
1435:Joby Talbot
1201:Dorje Morup
1098:New Zealand
1042:New Zealand
1015:Expedition
836:Ed Viesturs
831:oxygen mask
701:Dorje Morup
665:Gau Ming-Ho
604:"Big" Pemba
507:Kilimanjaro
297:Andy Harris
227:(2000) and
186:also died.
85: /
60:Coordinates
3633:Categories
3409:EverestMax
3311:Committees
3302:Joe Tasker
3259:fatalities
3193:1952 Swiss
3067:North Face
3002:Topography
2808:Makalu Gau
2594:27 January
2451:"Epilogue"
2052:5 December
1924:5 December
1862:5 December
1835:5 December
1682:13 October
1499:References
1198:Lance Naik
959:magazine:
926:death zone
918:Guy Cotter
753:fixed line
412:Apa Sherpa
321:Broad Peak
175:North Face
165:, and the
144:avalanches
73:86°55′30″E
70:27°59′17″N
3552:Khumbutse
3357:The Climb
3349:The Climb
3082:South Col
3062:North Col
3052:Lhakpa La
3011:Base Camp
2751:Survivors
2660:cite book
2623:Doubleday
2517:"Everest"
2500:ignored (
2490:cite book
2196:671466084
2086:Adventure
2033:salon.com
1914:Salon.com
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1399:Frontline
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