mountaineer
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It documents ski mountaineer Jim Morrison on his Everest quest after the shocking death of his partner Hilaree Nelson on a training run on another mountain in Nepal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
“The most vulnerable thing you can do is to have a dream,” Chin, 52, an elite mountaineer, said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Pakistani mountaineer Sohail Sakhi's body was found a few days later, as was the body of American climber Mallory Geis.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bahadur Panta, Purja's school friend, said he had prayed for the mountaineer through "sleepless nights" after news broke of his disappearance.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Early the following morning Edmund Hillary, a rangy New Zealander, and Tenzing Norgay, a highly skilled Sherpa mountaineer, set out for the top breathing bottled oxygen.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
“Everest: The Other Side,” from filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, follows mountaineers Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison as they prepare to climb Everest’s north face and attempt an unprecedented ski descent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Shock and grief have hit members of the alpine climbing community with the President of Nepal's National Mountain Guide Association Tul Singh Gurung saying they had "lost a generation of accomplished mountaineers".
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Renowned climber Nirmal Purja and nine other mountaineers were killed on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Renowned climber Nirmal Purja and nine other mountaineers died after an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Some moved gracefully, others resembled frozen mountaineers trying to shake off the cold, but all danced with enthusiasm and emotion.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
He went on to become the first person to ski down Everest’s direct north face, a feat that pushes mountaineering into new territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
“The thing that propelled it negatively into pop culture was the drama and sensationalism,” said Will Cockrell, author of the book “Everest, Inc.,” of mountaineering on Everest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The lime mountaineering boots worn by an Indian climber who died in 1996 have been a grim trail marker for many climbers on their way up the world's highest peak ever since.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The avalanche has sparked an outpouring of shock in the mountaineering community, especially in Nepal, and leaders including Britain's Prince William have expressed condolences to the families of the climbers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Their mountaineering experience varied from none at all to very slight—certainly none of them had the kind of experience which would make an ascent of Everest a reasonable goal.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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