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Published on: 1999-04-20
Released on: 1999-04-20
Original language: English
May 1996 began like most other climbing seasons on Mount Everest. The arrival of spring brought the usual pre-monsoon period, with teams of hopeful mountaineers ready to reach for the roof of the world. Among the dozens of climbers were Jon Krakauer and Anatoli Boukreev (who would both later write their own accounts of what followed) and Matt Dickinson. But on May 10, with ten different expeditions strung out along the mountain, the usual turned deadly. Suddenly, the temperature dropped from merely frigid to 40 degrees below zero. A killer storm with howling winds swept in and climbers were soon blinded in white-out conditions. Before it was over, the blizzard would claim a dozen lives, the worst loss of life in the modern history of climbing on Everest.Dickinson, an adventure filmmaker, was part of an expedition challenging the treacherous North Face of Everest, on the Tibetan side. Of the nearly 700 people who have scaled Everest since the first ascent in 1953, barely 230 have managed to ascend via the colder and technically more difficult route up the North Face. In addition to climbing through the storm, which would test him beyond his imagining, Dickinson also filmed the ascent. He and his team watched in awe as violent clouds gathered over the mountain and swept them all up in a frightening white force. Dickinson was a relative novice who had never climbed at this crushing altitude, and the storm preyed on his mind, throwing into question his entire mission. Despite this uncertainty and the treacherous conditions, Dickinson and his partner Alan Hinkes continued their climb, compelled to reach the summit.Dickinson's first-person narrative--the only account of the killer storm written by a climber who was on the North Face--places the reader amid the swirl of the catastrophe, while providing rare insight into the very essence of mountaineering. The Other Side of Everest is a portrait of personal triumph set against the most disastrous storm to ever befall the world mountaineering community. Anyone who has ever pushed beyond familiar limits of physical and psychological endurance will cherish this book. Texarkana Gazette Texarkana Breaking News The Texarkana Gazette is the premier source for local news and sports in Texarkana and the surrounding Arklatex areas. Extreme Photo of the Week - National Geographic Extreme Photo of the Week: See new extreme adventure photos each week featuring tips from your favorite athletes and photographers. And get the stories behind the shots. Everest 96 Unheard Voices of the 1996 Disaster Almost 20 years after eight mountaineers including top American Scott Fischer and New Zealander Rob Hall died in a ferocious storm on Everest in 1996 mountaineers ... Climbing Accidents AAC Reports Accidents in North ... Climbing Accident reports and news from Rock and Ice Magazine. Access to Accidents in North Amercian Mountaineering. The AAC Reports Mount Everest - Wikipedia Mount Everest; (Sagarmth) (Chomolungma) (Zhmlngm Fng) Into Thin Air - Wikipedia Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster U.S. News Latest National News Videos & Photos - ABC ... Get the latest breaking news across the U.S. on ABCNews.com Bear Grylls: How climbing Everest was a perfect cure for ... Daredevil Bear Grylls: How climbing Everest was a perfect cure for my BROKEN BACK. By Bear Grylls Updated: 17:00 EST 21 May 2011 Mountaineering books second hand rare antique mountain books Mountaineering books mail order direct from UK largest shop stock of second hand rare out of print and new mountain and walking booksclimbing guidesmaps and journals. Everest Books - Mountains Of Travel Photos Updated: August 2010. Click on an image to see the FULL size with a caption. Everest Books. The following reference information is included: Everest First Ascent Books
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