In 1996, 15 people died while climbing Everest.  This made 1996 the deadliest year on Everest.  Eight of the people who died died on May 11.  All of the deaths were caused by a horrible storm.  Many people who survived the climb wrot a book about their experience.  Mark Pfetze climed Everest during the horrible storm when he was only 16.  He wrote the book Within Reach: My Everest Story.  
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