The Happiness Quotient
Thom Dharma Pollard hosts inspirational, intimate and unfiltered Stories That Inspire with guests and drawing from his own adventures around the world. The Happiness Quotient: connected, engaged, passionate people who inspire us.
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STORM Over Everest | The 1996 Disaster - What Happened and Who is To Blame?
Famed mountain climber and guide Rob Hall once said that if you’re stuck near the summit of Mount Everest you might as well be on the moon. Little did he know that his words would one day come true. This is PART 1 of a two part series on the 1996 Everest disaster that claimed eight lives on May 10 and 11 of that year. We'll look into some of the key decisions that may have had an impact on the outcome of the storm.
Key figures we'll be talking about include:
Rob Hall
Scott Fischer
Jon Krakauer
Anatoli Boukreev
Sandy Pittman
Neal Beidleman
David Breashears
Ed Viesturs
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