“The crowd seemed incredible—like a bag of Skittles had been scattered down the slope.”
Mount Everest
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Bringing Home the Bodies: Deliverance From 27,000 Feet
How 12 sherpas recovered two bodies from the 27,000-foot mark of Mount Everest.
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Deliverance From 27,000 Feet
In May 2016, four Bengali mountaineers attempted to achieve a lifelong dream: to summit Mount Everest. After an egregiously late start to their summit attempt, they were abandoned by their guides and left to die on the mountain. Only one survived. John Branch reports on the ill-fated expedition and how a team of sherpas recovered […]
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Making Sense of Life In the Death Zone
At The Walrus, read an excerpt from The Escapist: Cheating Death on the World’s Highest Mountain, by Gabriel Filippi with Brett Popplewell.
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Making Sense of Life In the Death Zone
At The Walrus, read an excerpt from The Escapist: Cheating Death on the World’s Highest Mountain, by Gabriel Filippi with Brett Popplewell.