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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. |
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 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 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 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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Outside April 2003 Jenny Dubin |
Tigers of the Snow Three Generations of Great Climbing Sherpas |
Outside December 2002 Brad Wetzler |
The $50,000 Pyramid Mount Everest becomes a prize on TV's Global Extremes. Is this a Good Thing? |
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. |
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. |
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... |
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. |
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 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. |
Outside December 2005 Nick Heil |
The Light of Seven Mountain Suns The Himalayan Cataract Project is curing blindness overnight in the most remote villages of Nepal and India. |
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. |
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... |
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. |
Wired August 18, 2008 Damon Tabor |
15th Anniversary: Peak Performance From New Climbing Tech Zeal Optics SPP goggles... Spot Messenger... Roper SwitchBack UltraMobile PC... Black Diamond Cobra ice tool... |
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? |
Outside June 2003 Nick O'Connell |
Mountaineering 101: Top Ten From Half Dome to Denali, meet the best teachers in the business, progressively ratchet up your skill set, and graduate at the top of the continent. |
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... |
High on Adventure August 2000 Lee Juillerat |
Climbing Mount Rainier "Magic Light" on a Magic Mountain |
Outside September 2006 Mary Turner |
Sandy Hill, 51 For survivor from Everest '96 talks about her heroes who saved her life, the infamous cappuccino maker, and why she thinks journalists mostly got it wrong. |
High on Adventure February 2004 |
Everest Base Camp Trek Experiencing Nepal's mountains, villages, and culture |
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 June 2007 Anthony Cerretani |
International Man of Mystery Conrad Anker heads back to Everest, in search of answers. |
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 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 February 2008 Dave Hahn |
Aces High Make one of the world's greatest Everest guides face his fear of heights by sending him 3,000 feet up El Capitan with Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Ivo Ninov. The result will be panic attacks, cold sweats, and one order of Depends. |
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 August 2003 |
Base Camp Breakdown Running the numbers on the world's tallest mountain |
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 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... |
Inc. March 2006 John Fried |
Travel: Having Fun Yet? From the dicey to the deadly, these daring recreational adventures will satisfy the novice thrill seeker and seasoned adventure traveler alike. So update your will and pack your bags. |
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. |
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. |
Science News October 26, 2002 |
TimeLine: October 22, 1932 Sun, moon and stars in the movies... Different breathing may cause scientists' diverging views... Superatomic bullets smash lithium atoms for Americans... etc. |
Outside December 2001 |
The A-Team Allow us to introduce the 25 most extraordinary people in the world outside, from hard-core adventurers to world-changing environmentalists. They all share one thing: Confronted with the impossible, they succeed, again and again... |
Outside November 2007 Christian DeBenedetti |
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Hale, Hearty, Tough-As-Nails, Acclimatized-At-Birth Mountain People... The skyscrapers of Manhattan may not reach as high as Everest, but this is where Tsering Norbu Sherpa, a member of mountaineering's most famous clan, is making a new life. |
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. |
Fast Company December 1999 Ron Lieber |
Consultants and Summitry - Into Thin Advice Consultant Debunking Unit |
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. |
Knowledge@Wharton Jamie Hammond |
Expedition to Ecuador: Leadership and Teamwork at 19,000 Ft. The author joined 13 others on a week-long trip to Ecuador as part of Wharton Leadership Ventures, a program designed to help participants develop leadership skills while climbing some of the highest and most beautiful mountains in the world... |