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Nick Heil on Dark Summit and Everest's Deadliest Season
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Nick Heil on the 'Recipe' for Danger on Mt. Everest
04 min 30 secNick Heil, author of Dark Summit, accounts for the skyrocketing numbers of Mount Everest climbers since 1996.
The "recipe for real trouble" arose from unprecedented good weather conditions and low financial cost which, as Heil says, "allowed amateurs to bottleneck" on treacherous ridges, compounding the inherently dangerous climb with overcrowding. -
Nick Heil Remembers a Dying Everest Climber
03 min 54 secNick Heil reads a dramatic excerpt from his book Dark Summit about the tragic discovery of an Everest climber dying from over-exposure in a Himalayan cave.
Heil recounts the moral conundrum of this situation -- how can another climber "walk passed a dying person" without trying to help? -
Nick Heil Cautions Against Mercenary Everest Guides
03 min 22 secNick Heil cautions that Everest guide companies may encourage inexperienced climbers to attempt the summit.
These companies -- particularly Chinese-run companies -- may be motivated only by their financial best interest which comes, Heil says, at the expense of climber safety.
Heil considers establishing experience prerequisites enforceable by independent groups to ensure climber safety. -
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