Dark Summit

True Story of Everest’s Most Controversial Season

In Dark Summit, Nick Heil tells the shocking true stories of David Sharp, a
young British solo climber, who was passed by forty mountaineers as he lay
dying on the slpes of the mountain, and Lincoln Hall, who was left for dea yet
miraculously.

Everest – the highest mountain in the world and the ultimate climbing
challenge. In 2006, 11 people died attempting to reach the summit, the most
fatalities since 1996. But unlike 1996, 2006 saw no surprise blizzard, only
the constant dangers posed by unstable ice, merciless cold, thin air – and
human nature. Nick Heil tells the shocking true stories of David Sharp, a
young British solo climber, who was passed by 40 mountaineers as he lay dying
on the slopes of the mountain, and Lincoln Hall who was left for dead yet
miraculously survived, and asks: What does climbing the world’s highest peak
really mean for those who take on the challenge? And how far will they go in
their single-minded pursuit of the ultimate mountaineering prize?
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