Will Cockrell in Conversation with Rick Ridgeway

How did a peak that was at first deemed unclimbable, then downgraded to suicidal, become one that thousands of people could scale? Join us for a conversation between Will Cockrell, author of "Everest, Inc." (available 4/16), and acclaimed mountaineer Rick Ridgeway ("Life Lived Wild") as they seek to answer that very question.

Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer’s "Into Thin Air" or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have the mountain pretty well figured out. There’s some truth to the clichés, but they’re a sliver of the story. Unlike any book to date, "Everest, Inc." gets to the heart of the mountain through the definitive story of its greatest invention: the Himalayan guiding industry. Studded with quotes from original interviews with more than a hundred western and Sherpa climbers, clients, writers, filmmakers, and even a Hollywood actor, this vivid and authoritative adventure history foregrounds the voices of the people who have made the mountain what it is today.

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