The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest

In May 1996 three expeditions attempted to climb Mt. Everest on the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay in 1953. Crowded conditions slowed their progress. Late in the day twenty-three men and women--including expedition leaders Scott Fischer and Rob Hall--were ca [...]
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In May 1996 three expeditions attempted to climb Mt. Everest on the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay in 1953. Crowded conditions slowed their progress. Late in the day twenty-three men and women--including expedition leaders Scott Fischer and Rob Hall--were caught in a ferocious blizzard. Disoriented and out of oxygen, climbers struggled to find their way down the mountain as darkness approached. Alone and climbing blind, Anatoli Boukreev brought climbers back from the edge of certain death.