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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 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 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.
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 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 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
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 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.
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 August 2005	Ed Viesturs Retires Over the past 16 years, Steady Eddie has spent an estimated 25 days above 8K (26,240 feet) en route to becoming the first American to climb all 14 mountains above that height.
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 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.
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 May 2003 Jenny Dubin	Lucky 13 Meet Apa Sherpa, who will attempt to break his own record of 12 Everest summits this month
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.
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 April 2003 Jenny Dubin	Tigers of the Snow Three Generations of Great Climbing Sherpas
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 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 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...
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.
Adventure Jun/Jul 2005 Ken Kamler	Steroids on Everest The latest trend in mountaineering, steroids, may be pushing climbers over the edge.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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 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 December 2002 Brad Wetzler	The $50,000 Pyramid Mount Everest becomes a prize on TV's Global Extremes. Is this a Good Thing?
Adventure November 2005 Robert Earle Howells	Adventure Travel 2006: The Sports Trips Atlas The best locations around the world for skiing, rafting, mountaineering, diving, and mountain biking.
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.
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...
Fast Company December 1999 Ron Lieber	Consultants and Summitry - Into Thin Advice Consultant Debunking Unit
High on Adventure February 2004	Everest Base Camp Trek Experiencing Nepal's mountains, villages, and culture
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.
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.
Outside June 2003	Virgin Ascents So you want to climb a mountain, but you've never done it before. No sweat -- there's a first time for everything. Even the world's greatest climbers were once beginners like you, gearing up with ropes, carabiners and crampons and heading for the hills for their first technical ascents.
Adventure August 2005 Lindsay Yaw	There & Back Ed Viesturs became the 12th person to have summited all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks.
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.
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 March 2006 Mark Jenkins	Lost Horizons Naysayers claim the age of adventure is over. On an unclimbed peak in Tibet, our man declares that it has just begun.
Outside April 2006 Aron Ralston	My Summit Problem What would you do after you'd been trapped in the wilderness and forced to cut off your own arm? You probably wouldn't try to become the first person to climb all 59 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks in winter, and alone.
Outside August 2003	Base Camp Breakdown Running the numbers on the world's tallest mountain
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 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 September 2006 Nick Heil	Pax Himalaya A tourism industry hobbled by years of civil war and political instability looks to rebound as Nepal makes moves toward a lasting peace. Is it finally safe to go back?
Outside June 2004 Greg Child	Technicolor Darkness In the red-rock high ground of South Africa, climbing still comes down to black and white. The author goes on belay to explore the crags, boulder gardens, and post-Apartheid complications of the world's next climbing mecca.