It's been almost 30 years since the 1996 storm on Mount Everest claimed the lives of eight people: guides Andrew Harris, Rob Hall, and Scott Fischer; clients Doug Hanson and Yasuko Namba; and Indo ...

Yes, Everest is based on the real-life Mount Everest tragedy of May 10, 1996. That day, four expedition groups attempted to summit Everest, including Adventure Consultants led by Rob Hall (Clarke ...

The 1996 Mount Everest Disaster Left Only a Handful of Survivors Mount Everest has attracted thousands of adventure seekers over the years, but unfortunately, not all of them make it back home.

SAGINAW -- A survivor of the 1996 Mount Everest tragedy is coming to Saginaw to share his story. Lou Kasischke, a Bay City native, was 53 years old when he set out to climb the 5.5-mile tall mountain.

Scaling Mt. Everest takes an immense amount of mountaineering acumen, courage and luck. Watching the movie based on one such expedition just takes a seat, of which you will only need the edge.

The 1996 Mount Everest disaster. The Reunion. Kirsty Wark brings together those caught up in the storm on Mount Everest in May 1996, where eight people died. Show more.

The worst recorded disaster on Everest had been a fierce blizzard on May 11, 1996, that caused the deaths of eight climbers, including famed mountaineer Rob Hall, and was later memorialized in a ...

In the spring of 1996, film maker and mountain climber David Breashears set out on a three-month expedition to Mount Everest to accomplish what no one had done before. His mission: To film an ...

Time plus tragedy doesn't always equal comedy. Sometimes, though, it leads to perspective. And sometimes it leads to overkill. There's a bit of both at work tonight in PBS' Frontline presentation ...

The new disaster thriller Everest features an A-list cast in a dramatic recreation of the legendary 1996 Mount Everest disaster. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Clarke as Scott Fischer ...

More than 300 people have died climbing Mount Everest — the tallest peak in the world, located in the Himalayas near the China-Nepal border. On May 10, 1996, four different expeditions attempted ...