Only a handful of people have stood atop Everest. Krakauer is one of them, but the story he tells here is not of glorious triumph. Rather, it is a true account of survival and death that will grab YA ...

Courage, cowardice, foolishness, and high adventure marked the 1996 rival expeditions' efforts to reach the summit of Everest when everything went terribly wrong.

The death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday and passes 3200, with more than 6000 people injured. The avalanche that struck Everest base camp is said ...

Everest Disaster was a national bestseller and helped earn him the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of ...