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Everest

Travel

A Pilot's Son Takes Flight

The story of an aviator-adventurer draws a journalist into a reflection on his own family’s history of flight.

Ed Caesar New Yorker Oct 2020 Permalink

Sports Travel

How New Zealand Made Edmund Hillary, the Man Who Conquered Everest

The origins of an explorer.

Spencer Hall SB Nation Feb 2018 25min Permalink

Sports

Deliverance From 27,000 Feet

The journey to recover three bodies from Mt. Everest.

John Branch New York Times Dec 2017 50min Permalink

Crime Sports World

The Most Successful Female Everest Climber of All Time Is a Housekeeper in Hartford, Connecticut

The road to Lhakpa Sherpa’s seventh potential summit​ has been nothing if not complicated.

Grayson Schaffer Outside May 2016 20min Permalink

Sports Travel

Dave Morton Is Quitting Everest. Maybe. (It's Complicated.)

After too many tragedies, a veteran guide may turn his back on the mountain.

Abe Streep Outside Apr 2016 20min Permalink

Sports World Travel

The Real Story of Sandy Hill Pittman, Everest’s Socialite Climber

Controversy following a climbing disaster that killed eight.

Jennet Conant Vanity Fair Aug 1996 25min Permalink