It is always dangerous to climb Mount Everest, but 1996 proved to be a particularly deadly year on the world's highest peak. This companion to the 2015 IMAX film Everest documents how a courageous photographic team—including journalist Jon Krakauer—became part of a rescue effort attempting to bring their colleagues down from the mountain. This illustrated edition also includes individual accounts of those who lived through the tragedy; a time line of subsequent climbing events on Everest, up to 2014; and panoramic views of Everest and the Himalayas.