Literary Hub » Mount Everest

Killing Your Characters Is Traumatic: And It Should Be

Killing Your Characters Is Traumatic: And It Should Be

“You will have to do it over and over again, and it will never, ever become less fraught. In fact, it shouldn’t.”

By Karen Outen | February 7, 2024

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

Read Smart Podcast">In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | July 5, 2023

The Responsibility of the Mountaineer in a Time of Climate Change

The Responsibility of the Mountaineer in a Time of Climate Change

Keen On">Vanessa O’Brien in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 26, 2021

Searching for Answers to Everest’s Greatest Mystery Among the Artifacts of Its Early Climbers

Searching for Answers to Everest’s Greatest Mystery Among the Artifacts of Its Early Climbers

Mark Synnott on George Mallory, Sandy Irvine, and a Very Flimsy Rope

By Mark Synnott | April 16, 2021

Spending a Night Alone in Mount Everest's Death Zone

Spending a Night Alone in Mount Everest's Death Zone

Jennifer Hull on One Mountaineer's Perilous Trip

By Jennifer Hull | September 16, 2020

Romanticizing Mount Everest Misses the Real Story

Romanticizing Mount Everest Misses the Real Story

"An entire population has been overlooked for decades"

By Adam Popescu | August 9, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week