David Breashears, the first American to scale Everest twice, was a veteran of nine previous Himalayan filmmaking expeditions when he agreed to lead what became his most challenging yet. The expedition was organized by motion picture producer MacGillivray Freeman Films and comprised an international team of climbers. Their goal was to carry a specially modified IMAX motion picture camera to the summit of Everest and return from the top of the world with the first footage ever shot there in this spectacular format. A stunning portrait of life and death in a hostile environment, Everest invites you to join the team as they make photographic history--and face a disaster that riveted the world's attention.

An expedition meant to help safeguard the endangered Tibetan antelope by discovering its hidden migration route takes four explorers on the adventure of their lives through some of the world's most inhospitable terrain. Reprint.

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Recounts the disappearance of George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine on Mount Everest in 1924 and the recent discovery of Mallory's remains

Discusses the life of British mountain climber, George Mallory, the discovery of his body seventy-five years after his death, and the debate over whether Mallory was the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest.