Everest? As the peak is a whopping ... Worse, think about what would happen if an unexpected storm hits the mountain, like in the 1996 “Into Thin Air” disaster. It would be “Into Thin ...

Put Mt. Everest (28 deg North ... sunny day there will be a significantly higher atmospheric pressure than when a big storm is moving in on a hot and humid day. But the density of the atmosphere ...

I returned to Everest the following year ... I hadn't fallen in 1996. This was about salvaging my idea of the mountain. I wasn't alone in my ambivalence; we all seemed to be wondering just ...

Being literally on top of the world isn't always a good thing - especially when a terrible storm is preventing you from getting back down alive. Everest ... peak on May 10, 1996.