![]() ![]() He is indelibly a part of mountaineering history and literature. He became rich from royalties, and his name will be forever associated with the peak he climbed but once. The author was thrust into a position as the leading authority on the subject, and everyone was moved by his book and lectures. Climbers and non-climbers alike debated the ethics and propriety of guided mountaineering. Soon everybody was talking about the famed expedition. The lectures seemed to go on forever, the media loved it and the multitude of related books became a publisher’s dream come true. Soon everyone wanted to see and hear the author in person. ![]() And then a sensational magazine article of the ascent led to a best-selling book. It came as a surprise to the nation that climbers were risking their lives and the lives of their guides while spending great sums of money to climb this peak. The peak had first been climbed a half century before and the public knew only the names of the first two men to climb it. It started with what was supposed to be a routine guided ascent of the highest peak trod by man. Climbing mania like this had never happened before. ![]() You already know the names of the mountain and the climbers. The legacy of the 1996 Mount Everest tragedy ![]()
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