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In spring 1996, over ten climbers died in a storm while climbing Mt. Everest, including the accomplished leaders of two commercial expeditions, Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. The story of that terrible season was told, not without controversy, by Jon Krakauer in his best-selling book Into Thin Air...

This book is the second collaborative work by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts. Viesturs was the first American to summit all fourteen 8,000 meter peaks (and he did them all without supplemental oxygen) and Roberts is a prolific author of mountaineering literature, in addition to being the author...

Most people try mountaineering by choice, but others are forced into it by circumstance. Such was the case for Norman Ollestad. In February 1979, a small plane carrying the 11-year old boy crashed into Ontario Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California. The injured boy found...

Hi. I have a PhD in Philosophy, but am reading mostly mountaineering literature these days. And when I'm not taking care of my two little kids, I like to get out and do a little mountaineering.