Recommended Age:
16
+
Best for adult readers who enjoy high-stakes adventure nonfiction with a strong first-person voice and serious engagement with the ethics of risk-taking.
About the Book
A firsthand account of the 1996 Everest disaster, in which a journalist climbing the mountain survived a sudden storm that killed eight climbers.
Content Ratings
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Intense Themes
Sustained themes of survivor guilt, human error, extreme physical suffering, and the moral failures that contributed to multiple deaths on the mountain.
⚔️
Moderate Violence
Depictions of climbers dying from exposure, falls, and altitude sickness, described with journalistic directness.
Engagement:
Genre:
Adventure
Published:
1997
Page Count:
368
