Pictures from Life's "Death on the
Mountain" - August 1996
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| Cover of Life | Mount Everest - 1990 |
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| 1980's Spanish Expedition Team | Acclimation Ascent |
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| Acclimation Ascent | Heading up the ice |
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| Base Camp and Camp IV | Scott Fisher - "Scott
looked like a movie star, but movie stars become famous pretending to be someone like him." |
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| Climbers on the Hillary Step | Jet stream hitting the peak |
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| At the top! | The arduous trip down as
the storm is coming in. |
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| Boukreev - One who saved
many. Died - December 25, 1998 in an avalanche in Annapurna in the Himalayas of Nepal. |
Beck Weathers with
frostbite that will cost him his nose and right hand. |
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| The team at Base Camp | Team and family members at a memorial. |
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