[joshklein]

Can't reach the page, but the submission title made me want to share an on-topic book recommendation - Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster, by Jon Krakauer. [1] It's a very sad, but thrilling, account of a catastrophic journey up Everest.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Into-Thin-Air-Personal-Disaster/dp/067...

[bmj]

There is also a counterpoint book, by Anatoli Bourkreev, called The Climb[1].

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Climb-Tragic-Ambitions-Everest/dp/0312...

[gamble]

It is a great book. Sadly, the hostile reaction toward the Everest climbers expressed after the disaster seems to also be present in many of the comments on this thread.

[nbertram]

Agreed, fantastic book.

[jpdoctor]

There was an IMAX crew on the mountain at the time, and the film they produced would have been good just as a film, let alone the IMAX format.