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Outside May 2003	Everest's Destiny Hold on to your crampons. May 29 marks the 50th anniversary of the first successful summit of Mount Everest, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Record crowds of climbers, trekkers, and gawkers are expected to cram the mountain.
Outside May 2007 Abrahm Lustgarten	Automated Response Helicopter rescues on the summit of Everest may soon be reality. And the pilot won't be anywhere in sight.
Wired May 2000 Andrew Rice	High Trek Blizzard-ready laptops, snow-penetrating radar, titanium ice screws - an all-new breed of technical climber is tackling Everest this spring.
Outside September 2006 Ed Douglas	Over the Top David Sharp's lonely death on Mount Everest revived the old, raging debates about personal ethics and the wisdom of commercially guided climbing.
Outside September 2006	What the Pros Know: Mount Everest Guides Debate The experts weight in on the risks and rewards of climbing Mount Everest.
Sports Illustrated May 29, 2001 Ellie Weihenmayer	Vision Quest Last Thursday, Erik Weihenmayer, 32, became the first blind climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest. His wife, Ellie, monitored his ascent from their house in Golden, Colo., and offers these thoughts on his accomplishment...
Outside June 2007 Anthony Cerretani	International Man of Mystery Conrad Anker heads back to Everest, in search of answers.
Outside August 2003	Base Camp Breakdown Running the numbers on the world's tallest mountain
CIO May 15, 2003 Julie Hanson	Because It's There Mount Everest poses many challenges. Rough, variable weather. Altitude acclimatization. Hazardous icefalls. And then there's setting up an Internet cafe on a glacier that moves up to three feet a day.
Outside November 2003 Kevin Fedarko	The Mountain of Mountains How do you crack the code to K2, the darkest, deadliest peak on the planet? If you're a climber, have the courage to accept that you're bound to fail, and the wisdom to know that failure has its own rewards.
High on Adventure August 2000 Lee Juillerat	Climbing Mount Rainier "Magic Light" on a Magic Mountain
Outside April 2003 Jenny Dubin	Tigers of the Snow Three Generations of Great Climbing Sherpas
Outside July 2007 Kevin Fedarko	High Times You were told that Everest base camp is an insult to the true spirit of mountaineering. But why weren't you told about the excellent bars, the butter people, and that friendly playboy bunny from Poland?
Outside September 2006 Brad Wetzler	Something Happened Sending Jon Krakauer to Everest was my idea. After the news broke, I spent the better part of a day wondering if I'd put him in a frozen grave.
High on Adventure February 2004	Everest Base Camp Trek Experiencing Nepal's mountains, villages, and culture
Outside September 2006 Tim Sohn	Impossible to Forget Survivors from Everest '96 recall a day of terror and confusion that many still believe was distorted in ways that oversimplified complex events and dishonored the dead.
Knowledge@Wharton September 24, 2003	A Lofty Take on Leadership: Mountain Climbing and Managing Companies Wharton management professor Michael Useem has just published a book using experiences in mountain climbing to describe how business leaders reach their summits.
Outside October 2002 Brad Wetzler	Reinhold Don't Care What You Think A quarter-century after he changed everything by summiting Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, Reinhold Messner is looking fit, feeling adventurous, and acting about as mellow as a snapping turtle. Great men aren't always sweethearts -- and Messner is still the best there ever was.
Adventure Jun/Jul 2005 Ken Kamler	Steroids on Everest The latest trend in mountaineering, steroids, may be pushing climbers over the edge.
Salon.com November 20, 2000 Dennis Drabelle	Doctor on Everest by Kenneth Kamler A physician rides the "Into Thin Air" bandwagon with a grisly account of high-altitude medical disasters...
Outside September 2003 Maria Coffey	The Survivors "He died doing what he loved best," they always say. But when climbers meet their end on the high peaks, the ordeal is just beginning for their wives, husbands, children, parents, and friends. An exclusive excerpt from Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow
Fast Company December 1999 Ron Lieber	Consultants and Summitry - Into Thin Advice Consultant Debunking Unit
Outside February 2008 Brad Wetzler	The Madness Continues The newest book about Everest's ever-increasing chaos is High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed by Michael Kodas.
Outside July 2009 Brian Kevin	The Summit of the Gods Mount Everest makes its graphic-novel debut.
Outside September 2005 Mark Jenkins	The Elements of Style It's time for a radical reform of high-altitude mountaineering -- and a fresh debate over what it means to climb right
Outside July 2008 Thayer Walker	A Long Way for a Short Film Think adventure filmmaking sounds glamorous? Then watch the author get schooled on Kilimanjaro.
Searcher January 2007 Linnea Christiani	Online on Everest The world feels a lot smaller when you can have an interactive e-mail exchange with someone in your family half a globe away and half a day behind or make a satellite phone call from an elevation that can barely sustain life.
High on Adventure June 2002 Camilla Hvalsoe	Summit Day -- Mount Kilimanjaro Scaling Africa's highest peak...
Outside April 2010 Bruce Barcott	Into Teen Air He's 13 years old, and he'-s headed up to 29,000 feet. As a new generation of adventurous kids post monster feats at younger and younger ages, Jordan Romero has his elders asking: Just how young is too young?
IDB America July 2002 Claudia Neira	Faith that moves mountains Jaime Vinals feels an irrepressible attraction for heights. So much so that he is the only Central American to have scaled the seven highest summits in the world, including Mount Everest, which he succeeded in doing on May 23, 2001.
AskMen.com December 12, 2000 Pamela Bode	Mountain Climbing In Nepal Having decided that my next holiday would be trekking in Nepal, I found that training for altitude climbing when you live right on the coast in Sydney is impossible...
Outside September 2006 Philip D. Armour	Will Pemba Sherpa Be On the Quiz? You need to learn your lesson! So listen up to Mike Roberto, a fast-talking consultant who uses the '96 saga as a teaching tool for students, lawyers, and businessmen.
Outside January 2007	How to Make it to the Top How to climb Mt. Everest. Excerpts from The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles into Everyday Greatness by blind Everest climber Erik Weihenmayer and business consultant Paul G. Stoltz.
Outside November 2008 Alex Crevar	A Brief History of Mountain Film The Banff Mountain Film Festival returns for its 33rd edition, with some 500 screenings in 30 countries. Here's a look at how high-altitude cinema arose from low-rent beginnings.
Outside June 2007 Bryant Urstadt	The Grudge Report Expedition bloggers Tom and Tina Sjogren love a great adventure. But if they don't like yours, get ready for a fight.
Popular Mechanics January 8, 2009 Andrew Moseman	Mt. Everest Climbers Measure Lowest Blood Oxygen Levels on Record--Their Own How low can your blood oxygen level go? To find out, you might need to climb a mountain.
Outside May 2003 Brad Wetzler	The Wild File How much does Mount Everest weigh?... Is a $50 shirt with a 50+ SPF rating more protective than my old Iron Maiden T-shirt?... If I'm riding my bike during a lightning storm, will the tires keep me grounded?
Outside October 2005 Luke Collins	Attention Getter Danielle Fisher has climbed the highest peak on each continent, including Mount Everest -- and she's only 20.
Outside September 2007 Nick Heil	Elevated Can Viagra really improve high-altitude performance?
Outside May 2003 Jenny Dubin	Lucky 13 Meet Apa Sherpa, who will attempt to break his own record of 12 Everest summits this month
Outside January 2007 Dave Hahn	The No Fall Zone When free skier Kit DesLauriers dropped in at 29,035 feet on Mount Everest in October, she became the first person to ski off the Seven Summits.
Outside August 2001 Brad Wieners	Networking on the Rope to Success Want some sound business advice? Go climb a mountain. Hey, it's what all the savvy capitalists are doing these days...
Outside May 2003 Rob Buchanan	Slave to the Quest Ten years ago, extreme snowboarder Stephen Koch cooked up a media-savvy plan to become the first to climb and ride down the Seven Summits. Now there's only one mountain left to conquer: Everest. And for his grand finale, Koch is determined to fling himself down the most dangerous descent possible.
Adventure November 2004 Laurence Gonzales	No Margin for Error It is well know that Mount Washington is America's deadliest peak. So why do otherwise smart, capable people keep losing their lives up there?
Outside October 2009 Douglas Fields	Are the Mountains Killing Your Brain? Alarming new science shows that thin air can wreck brain cells at lower altitudes than you'd think. Here's how to protect yourself.
AskMen.com March 3, 2014 Chris Weiss	What Does It Take To Survive Absolutely Anything? Tim Medvetz is lending his extreme outdoor experiences to the new Nat Geo WILD series Going Wild. Medvetz has found a few clothing materials that he relies on.
Outside December 2005 Conrad Anker	Improving the Odds for Sherpas This all-star pantheon created the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation (ALCF) to teach Sherpas more about avalanche forecasting and crevasse rescue.
AskMen.com December 24, 2002 Harry Marks	Tibet: A Wonder In The Mountains With a challenging landscape and tumultuous political situation, the culture and sights Tibet has to offer are often overlooked, despite being of great interest to inquisitive travelers.
Outside February 2007	Conrad Anker & Jenni Lowe A new documentary details the history of the foundation of the Khumbu Climbing School.
Outside April 2002	Letter Thank you for your cover story on search and rescue... I found it refreshing to read about the training marines undergo to prepare for the rigors of outdoor life... etc.