mountaineering accidents

On the afternoon of July 26, 2003, six vacationing mountain climbers were approaching the peak of the Grand Teton mountain in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Rain and weather conditions combined to build a massive electrical charge. A colossal lightning bolt struck each climber. One of the six died instantly, one lay critically injured, and four dangled perilously into the chasm below.

Draws from the recollections of climbing guide Anatoli Boukreev and other survivors to tell the story of the worst disaster in the history of Mount Everest which occurred on May 10, 1996, when twenty-three climbers from two commercial expeditions were caught in a killing storm while attempting to reach their high-altitude base camp.

A photographic journal of the experiences of filmmaker David Breashears, who, with a team of climbers, ascended Mount Everest in 1996 for the purpose of recording the climb with an IMAX motion picture camera. Includes an account of the tragic deaths of eight climbers who were trapped on the mountain during a blizzard.

Jake is an athlete who loves mountain climbing. His friend Hiro loves to write novels at the top of the cliff while Jake is climbing. One stormy night, Jake loses his footing and falls halfway down the cliff, and it is up to Hiro to rescue him.

Documents the 1992 mountaineering venture during which co-author Jim Davidson and his best friend, Mike Price, ascended Mount Rainier before a tragic fall that instantly ended Mike's life and forced Jim to climb to safety with sparse equipment.

Stephen Venables chronicles his struggle to survive after he fell more than 300 feet on a remote Himalayan mountain, breaking both of his legs and leaving him semi-conscious.

Draws from the recollections of climbing guide Anatoli Boukreev and other survivors to tell the story of the worst disaster in the history of Mount Everest which occurred on May 10, 1996, when twenty-three climbers from two commercial expeditions were caught in a killing storm while attempting to reach their high-altitude base camp.