Dark Summit

Tells the stories of David Sharp, a young British solo climber, who was passed by 40 mountaineers as he lay dying on the slopes of the Everest mountain, and Lincoln Hall who was left for dead yet miraculously survived.

Paints an alarming picture of modern arrogance in the face of nature

Heil is good on the nature of obsession...even better on the hallucinatory effects of hypothermia...the truths he reveals are harsh

If you couldn't put down Into Thin Air, you must read Dark Summit to understand what it means to climb Everest today and why anyone might accept the risk.

Authoritative ... Through rock-solid reporting and vital prose, Heil leads us up into this rarefied world, step by hypoxic step.

I consider this book not a sequel to Krakauer's Into Thin Air, but an equal

Nick Heil has worked as a Senior Editor at Outside magazine, combining his skills as a journalist and his experience at snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking and climbing.