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They reached Everest’s death zone - then the blizzard trapped them

On May 10, 1996, two commercial expedition teams pushed toward the summit of Mount Everest as conditions rapidly deteriorated ...

Jon Krakauer Wishes He Never Climbed Mount Everest—and Never Wrote Into Thin Air

He wrote a controversial book about a deadly disaster. It became a massive hit. Now he wishes it all would go away.
WBUR

With 'Into Thin Air,' author Jon Krakauer remembers the 1996 Everest disaster

In May 1996, a blizzard struck as multiple climbing teams were attempting to summit Mount Everest. Eight climbers were lost.

Jon Krakauer on his Everest climb: 'I wish I'd never gone'

A memorial near Everest Base Camp commemorates Scott Fischer, a guide who died during the disastrous 1996 Mount Everest ...

Jon Krakauer admits 'I wish I had never gone to that mountain' as “Into Thin Air” marks 30 years with new edition (exclusive)

Three decades after the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, Krakauer revisits the legacy of his emotionally jarring, definitive work ...
Medical Xpress

Death rates on Mount Everest have declined dramatically over the last century, new study finds

A new study analyzing Mount Everest expeditions spanning more than a century has found that death rates among climbers have declined significantly in recent decades—despite a dramatic increase in the ...