(Read more in “ 1996 Everest Disaster – The Whole Story“)Īlso, see “cited films and articles of interest” in the bibliography at the end of this piece, including “ Descent Step by Step,” which notes the occurrences of that day by-the-hour. These accounts have remained controversial and conflicting in their beliefs of what and who was to blame for the tragedy. We’ll discuss the events from two sides of the same tragedy, which were eventually written into two books: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer and “ The Climb” by Anatoli Boukreev.
This analysis recounts the official accounts of occurrences between –. Eight climbers were killed and others were injured after an unexpected blizzard ravaged the climbers, trapping them high on the mountain. The day would turn out to be the single most disastrous event in the mountain’s history. Also present was an expedition organized by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and one Taiwanese expedition. One group was led by Rob Hall of Adventure Consultants, the other by Scott Fischer of Mountain Madness. On, four groups of climbers set out to summit Mount Everest.
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