Tuesday, February 22, 2011

1996: Mt. Everest Disaster

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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