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Upper left Everest photo:
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 MountainZone.com is your definitive source for online Everest coverage. This page is a directory of all the stories related to Mount Everest, from live cybercasts of the '97, '98 and '99 climbs, to interviews and profiles of climbers, scientific information, an array of features, and all related books and products. 2002
 Famed big-mountain guide Willie Prittie leads the Alpine Ascents International American South Col Expedition with a team that includes legendary mountaineer Vern Tejas and climber Al Hanna. Hanna, at nearly 72, has already climbed six of the Seven Summits, and has reached 28,000 feet on Everest multiple times....
2000
 From the Alpine Ascents International American South Col Expedition to Italian Simone Moro's attempt to complete an Everest-Lhotse traverse via a new route, for the fourth consecutive year MountainZone.com offers the most compelling interactive reporting of climbing expeditions to the world's highest peak. Day-to-day and hour-by-hour, get the drama of Everest right here.
'99
 North and South Side ExpeditionsJoin MountainZone.com as we accompany world-renowned high-altitude climbers on two separate, simultaneous attempts on the world's highest peak. The attempts will be made from opposite sides of the mountain: Eric Simonson leads an expedition on the North Ridge in Tibet, and Pete Athans is leading a climb on the South Col route in Nepal.
Everest Marathon
'98
American Scientific Everest Expedition Rich multimedia site follows Wally Berg's team with daily photos, video, and audio satellite dispatches from the climbers.
Audio updates from Kathmandu to the summit and back. Fully transcribed. Browse the highlights: 
Good Omens in Kathmandu (Wally Berg)Ang Rita, Vegetable Porter (Wally Berg) What It's Really Like (Eric Simonson) The Milkyway from 17,000 (Wally Berg) In the Khumbu Icefall (Greg Wilson) Like a Freight Train (Wally Berg) An Excellent Day on Everest Chamber of Horrors: The Oxygen Mask (Charles Corfield) Alone on the Summit (Wally Berg) Photo Gallery Video from Everest Just The Facts Brad Washburn & Science on Everest The Khumbu Icefall High Altitude Physiology Cleaning Up Everest North Side Expedition Dispatches from mountain guide Dave Hahn, leader of the 1998 International Mountain Guides' North Side team.
The Trek to Basecamp
NEWS & FEATURES
Quiet Hardguy Wally Berg
'97
Alpine Ascents Expedition Multimedia cybercast follows Todd Burleson's team with daily photos, stories, and audio satellite dispatches from the climbers. 
Daily DispatchesAudio updates from Kathmandu to the summit and back. Fully transcribed. Browse the highlights: It All Begins with a Fish Puja (Todd Burleson) A Prayer from Thyangboche (Todd Burleson) Boukreev's Summit Story (Todd Burleson) Leaving for the Summit Bid (Todd Burleson) Rescue from the South Col (Todd Burleson) Facing the Great Unknown (Todd Burleson) Third Time to the Summit (Wally Berg) Through The Khumbu Icefall High Altitude Physiology Cleaning Up Everest Seashells on the Summit of Everest Sherpa Culture
Anatoli Boukreev Interview
The Trek to Base Camp
'96
What Really Happened In The Thin Air Jon Krakauer debates the 1996 tragedy with guides Anatoli Boukreev and Lopsang Sherpa.
"The night was overpoweringly empty. The black silhouette of Lhotse lurked half-sensed, half-seen, still below. Mostly there was nothing. We hung suspended in a timeless void. Intense cold penetrated... nothing to do but shiver and wait for the sun to rise." — Tom Hornbein, 1963 bivy at 28,000'
Scott Fischer's Last Climb
Lopsang Sherpa Killed in Avalanche
Audio of Scott Fischer from Kilimanjaro
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