Stranded: Climbers and mountain guides were last month caught between the South Summit and the Hillary Step after an ice collapse destroyed the fixed ropes.
EVEREST, INC: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
by Will Cockrell
(Simon & Schuster, $39.99)
“Climbers can enjoy high-speed internet, massages and art classes, their tents kitted out with every possible luxury.
When Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stood on the summit of Mt Everest more than 70 years ago, did they know they were kicking off a franchise that would remake the peak into the McDonald’s of mountaineering?
In outdoors journalist Will Cockrell traces