https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbScCel-upc
On the roof of the world, groups of exultant mountain climbers congratulated each other on completing the ultimate adventure. They had scaled Mt Everest ---

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster
The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10-11 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach the summit, making it the deadliest season on Mount Everest at the time and the third deadliest after the 23 fatalities resulting from avalanches caused by the April 2015

https://basecampmagazine.com/2016/12/31/the-1996-everest-disaster-the-whole-story/
Outside Magazine, Sept. 1996 "The Day the Sky fell on Everest." New Scientist, May 2004 "Nepal - Everest Survivor Speaks." AP Archive, May 1996; Haddock, Sharon M. "Dead Climber, Utahn Shared Name and Goal." Deseret News, May 1996; Nuwer, Rachel "The Tragic Tale of Everest's Most Famous Dead Body." BBC, Oct. 2015

https://screenrant.com/everest-true-story-1996-disaster-explained/
The 1996 Mount Everest Disaster resulted in the deaths of 12 climbers, making it one of the deadliest single seasons in Everest's history. The disaster was caused by a massive blizzard that trapped the climbers near the summit, burying the ropes and making escape nearly impossible. Despite the tragedy, expeditions on Mount Everest have

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/charlotte-fox-climber-of-the-tallest-peaks-survivor-of-1996-everest-disaster-dies-after-an-apparent-fall-at-home/
The experience on Mount Everest the night of May 10, 1996, may have made Fox and her fellow climbers celebrities for a time, but for Fox it was but a rung on the ladder in a life of great heights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So3vH9FY2H4
May 11th 1996, a fast moving storm trapped three climbing teams high atop Mt Everest. The exhausted climbers were soon lost in a fierce blizzard and far from

https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/everest/
Eight people died during the Mount Everest disaster that unfolded May 10-11, 1996. The fatalities included Scott Fischer, Rob Hall, Andy Harris, Doug Hansen, Yasuko Namba, Tsewang Samanla, Dorje Morup, and Tsewang Paljor. In fact-checking the Everest movie, we learned of the unidentified corpse known as Green Boots (pictured below), who is

https://abcnews.go.com/International/1996-everest-disaster-survivor-retraces-climb-make-peace/story?id=16179811
April 20, 2012, 6:47 AM. April 20, 2012 -- Sixteen years ago, on May 10, 1996, Neal Beidleman was involved in the most devastating mountaineering disaster in recorded history, one that became the

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/everest/etc/remembering.html
Scott Fischer. The owner and leader of Mountain Madness, Fischer was guiding Everest for the first time on the 1996 expedition. He was one of a small number of climbers to summit the two highest

https://www.grunge.com/416820/the-tragic-story-of-the-1996-mount-everest-disaster/
Although the 1996 tragedy was the worst accident in the history of Everest at the time, it was supplanted by a 2014 avalanche, which claimed the lives of 13 people. Many consider " summit fever " to be partly responsible for the 1996 disaster, especially since several climbers were willing to do whatever it took to get to the top and may have

https://www.npr.org/2008/05/12/90374592/climber-recounts-tragedy-in-storm-over-everest
It airs tomorrow night as part of the PBS Frontline series. If you're a climber, if you've climbed Mt. Everest, or if you want to know more about the tragedy, give us a call. Our phone number is

https://haydenrue.com/mountaineering/1996-mount-everest-disaster/
The 1996 Mount Everest disaster, occurring on May 10-11, resulted in eight deaths due to a blizzard during their descent from the summit. The tragedy contributed to a total of 12 fatalities during the 1996 climbing season, marking it as the deadliest on Everest until then. It was later surpassed by the 16 deaths in the 2014 avalanche and the 22

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/death-on-mount-everest
A total of 15 people perished during the spring 1996 climbing season at Everest. Between 1980 and 2002, 91 climbers died during the attempt. Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay became the first

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/ed-viesturs
1996: Ed Viesturs - Turn Around, Guys! The first American to climb Everest shares his trials and triumphs from the 1963 summit. March 03, 2013. • 35 min read. America's preeminent high-altitude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSihdCJMYRw
Just after midnight on May 10th, 1996, groups of hopeful climbers began their trek to the summit of Mount Everest. They'd spent their whole lives preparing f

https://www.mountainzone.com/everest_96_index.html
MZ chats with Beck Weathers and gets the inside scoop of his improbable survival on Everest in the 1996 disaster. Eight people died on Everest in May 1996, but one man survived the deadly night out above 8,000 meters. This is his story. Lead climbing sherpa on Fischer's team dies months later while guiding another climb on Everest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest
In 2001, Babu Chiri Sherpa died from a fall near Camp II. He had climbed the mountain 10 times and spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest in 1999, then a new record. [17] He also climbed to the summit twice in two weeks and held the record climbing time from base camp to summit of 16 hours and 56 minutes. [17]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2719848/
Everest: Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. With Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright, Martin Henderson. On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mount_Everest_death_statistics
See also Dr. Beck Weathers, a medical doctor who is famous for narrowly surviving the 1996 Everest Disaster. Dr. A. M. Kellas (1921, en route to Everest as part of expedition) Dr. Karl G. Henize (1993), PhD in Astronomy; Dr. Sándor Gárdos (2001), Hungarian team doctor, specialist of high altitude medicine

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230503472_2
Imagine training your sights on a distant goal, an ideal dream. You devote resources, make sacrifices, and direct unwavering attention to achieving the goal. The goal may have begun as a dream, like climbing a mountain. The lure of mountaineering is magical. After a

https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/24/world/everest-asia-deaths-climbing/index.html
01:08 - Source: CNN. Strydom reached Everest's South Summit on Friday but decided to turn around and descend when she wasn't feeling well, according to Coster's post. Several Sherpas and her

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/world/asia/mount-everest-deaths.html
According to Sherpas and climbers, some of the deaths this year were caused by people getting held up in the long lines on the last 1,000 feet or so of the climb, unable to get up and down fast

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/overcrowding-on-mount-everest-contributes-to-rise-in-deaths
NAMCHE, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's reluctance to limit the number of permits it issues to scale Mount Everest has contributed to dangerous overcrowding, with inexperienced climbers impeding others