View 2004 Everest Mountain Madness PNG. Numerous climbers were at a high altitude on everest during the storm, including the adventure consultants team, led by rob hall, and the mountain madness team, led by scott fischer. This is sarah henley reporting from kathmandu at the yak and yeti hotel.
Mount everest, at 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 ft), is the world's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers, but climbing it can be hazardous.
Today the remaining team members were greeted at the kathmandu airport, with fresh nepalese flower necklaces. Amy shindler, ang phula sherpa, avin shah and others. Chronology of the 1996 mount everest disaster: The largest mountaineering publication in the world.