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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
December 2002
Brad Wetzler |
The $50,000 Pyramid Mount Everest becomes a prize on TV's Global Extremes. Is this a Good Thing? |
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
June 2007
Anthony Cerretani |
International Man of Mystery Conrad Anker heads back to Everest, in search of answers. |
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
May 2010 |
Apa Sherpa on Everest This season Mount Everest will host it's youngest climber, one with an artificial hip, and the return of Apa Sherpa. |
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
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
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. |
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 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 |
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
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
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
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 2009
Brian Kevin |
The Summit of the Gods Mount Everest makes its graphic-novel debut. |
Adventure
Jun/Jul 2005
Ken Kamler |
Steroids on Everest The latest trend in mountaineering, steroids, may be pushing climbers over the edge. |
Outside
April 2003
Jenny Dubin |
Tigers of the Snow Three Generations of Great Climbing Sherpas |
Outside
August 2003 |
Base Camp Breakdown Running the numbers on the world's tallest 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... |
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. |
High on Adventure
February 2004 |
Everest Base Camp Trek Experiencing Nepal's mountains, villages, and culture |
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
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? |
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
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
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
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
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
April 2003
Jason Paur |
Worry Birds Last year was a low point for Search-and-Rescue helicopters. Could this year be even more dangerous? |
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
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. |
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
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. |
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
February 2007 |
Conrad Anker & Jenni Lowe A new documentary details the history of the foundation of the Khumbu Climbing School. |
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
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. |
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
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
October 2005
Luke Collins |
Attention Getter Danielle Fisher has climbed the highest peak on each continent, including Mount Everest -- and she's only 20. |
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
September 2007
Nick Heil |
Elevated Can Viagra really improve high-altitude performance? |
