Image

Summit Stories: The Changing Face of Everest

By William Fishbein
  • Where the Climb Began

    Where the Climb Began

    Introduction: The First Recorded Climb [Everest's Climbers](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NnQesCucHx5WUsPpvkFRzr8j-PTdlaEUTKf7dpBhCQc/edit#slide=id.p)
  • Diary Excerpts From George Mallory

    Diary Excerpts From George Mallory

    Handwritten letters from the 1924 Everest expedition, including notes from George Mallory, reveal the personal thoughts, hopes, and challenges faced by climbers during the earliest attempts to summit the world’s highest peak. [Description](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SGvMpDR7-0AEAhZhhHjRGPBtREkhuN7UUpw99X-3rUc/edit#slide=id.p)
  • First to the Summit

    First to the Summit

    Edmund Hillary stands triumphantly on the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, marking the first confirmed ascent of the world's highest peak alongside Tenzing Norgay. [Description](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1omQzLakfd-9Y_E2AfTVG2zd4_xUX3EgLig816aAzyNY/edit#slide=id.p)
  • Climbing Everest on Their Own Terms

    Climbing Everest on Their Own Terms

    Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler made the first ascent without supplemental oxygen, shocking the climbing world. [Description](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rKbszvVA0mfIwSJSmJdVboNqA-4JK1oN_HZ0tbYBzek/edit#slide=id.p)
  • Death on the Roof of the World

    Death on the Roof of the World

    Newspaper coverage of the 1996 Everest disaster, where a sudden storm claimed the lives of eight climbers, exposing the deadly risks of high-altitude mountaineering and the growing dangers of commercial expeditions.
    Description
  • A New Age of Everest

    A New Age of Everest

    A long line of climbers make their final push toward the summit of Mount Everest, navigating the steep, snow-covered ridge under clear blue skies. [Description](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1reSeO8Z8iXUIfetqWQ4RFsnVgf5dYqQ-DYN6yBYTlnk/edit#slide=id.p)
  • Sources

    Sources

    Sources