Dramatis Personæ Mount Everest Spring 1996 Adventure Consultants Guided Expedition Rob Hall New Zealand, leader and head guide Mike Groom Australia, guide Andy “Harold” Harris New Zealand, guide Helen Wilton New Zealand, Base Camp manager Dr. Caroline Mackenzie New Zealand, Base Camp doctor Ang Tshering Sherpa Nepal, Base Camp sirdar Ang Dorje Sherpa Nepal, climbing sirdar Lhakpa Chhiri Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Kami Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Tenzing Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Arita Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Ngawang Norbu Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Chuldum Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Chhongba Sherpa Nepal, Base Camp cook Pemba Sherpa Nepal, Base Camp Sherpa Tendi Sherpa Nepal, cook boy Doug Hansen USA, client Dr. Seaborn Beck Weathers USA, client Yasuko Namba Japan, client Dr. Stuart Hutchison Canada, client Frank Fischbeck Hong Kong, client Lou Kasischke USA, client Dr. John Taske Australia, client Jon Krakauer USA, client and journalist Susan Allen Australia, trekker Nancy Hutchison Canada, trekker Mountain Madness Guided Expedition Scott Fischer USA, leader and head guide Anatoli Boukreev Russia, guide Neal Beidleman USA, guide Dr. Ingrid Hunt USA, Base Camp manager, team doctor Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa Nepal, climbing sirdar Ngima Kale Sherpa Nepal, Base Camp sirdar Ngawang Topche Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Tashi Tshering Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Ngawang Dorje Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Ngawang Sya Kya Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Ngawang Tendi Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Tendi Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa “Big” Pemba Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Pemba Sherpa Nepal, Base Camp cook boy Sandy Hill Pittman USA, client and journalist Charlotte Fox USA, client Tim Madsen USA, client Pete Schoening USA, client Klev Schoening USA, client Lene Gammelgaard Denmark, client Martin Adams USA, client Dr. Dale Kruse USA, client Jane Bromet USA, journalist MacGillivray Freeman IMAX/IWERKS Expedition David Breashears USA, leader and film director Jamling Norgay Sherpa India, deputy leader and film talent Ed Viesturs USA, climber and film talent Araceli Segarra Spain, climber and film talent Sumiyo Tsuzuki Japan, climber and film talent Robert Schauer Austria, climber and cinematographer Paula Barton Viesturs USA, Base Camp manager Audrey Salkeld UK, journalist Liz Cohen USA, film production manager Liesl Clark USA, film producer and writer Taiwanese National Expedition “Makalu” Gau Ming-Ho Taiwan, leader Chen Yu-Nan Taiwan, climber Kami Dorje Sherpa Nepal, climbing sirdar Ngima Gombu Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Mingma Tshering Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Johannesburg Sunday Times Expedition Ian Woodall UK, leader Bruce Herrod UK, deputy leader and photographer Cathy O’Dowd South Africa, climber Deshun Deysel South Africa, climber Edmund February South Africa, climber Andy de Klerk South Africa, climber Andy Hackland South Africa, climber Ken Woodall South Africa, climber Tierry Renard France, climber Ken Owen South Africa, sponsor and trekker Philip Woodall UK, Base Camp manager Alexandrine Gaudin France, administrative assistant Dr. Charlotte Noble South Africa, team doctor Ken Vernon South Africa, journalist Richard Shorey South Africa, photographer Patrick Conroy South Africa, radio operator Ang Dorje Sherpa Nepal, climbing sirdar Pemba Tendi Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Jangbu Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Ang Babu Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Dawa Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Alpine Ascents International Guided Expedition Todd Burleson USA, leader and guide Pete Athans USA, guide Jim Williams USA, guide Dr. Ken Kamler USA, client and team doctor Charles Corfield USA, client Becky Johnston USA, trekker and screenwriter International Commercial Expedition Mal Duff UK, leader Mike Trueman Hong Kong, deputy leader Michael Burns UK, Base Camp manager Dr. Henrik Jessen Hansen Denmark, expedition doctor Veikka Gustafsson Finland, climber Kim Sejberg Denmark, climber Ginge Fullen UK, climber Jaakko Kurvinen Finland, climber Euan Duncan UK, climber Himalayan Guides Commercial Expedition Henry Todd UK, leader Mark Pfetzer USA, climber Ray Door USA, climber Swedish Solo Expedition Göran Kropp Sweden, climber Frederic Bloomquist Sweden, filmmaker Ang Rita Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa and film crew member Norwegian Solo Expedition Petter Neby Norway, climber New Zealand–Malaysian Guided Pumori Expedition Guy Cotter New Zealand, leader and guide Dave Hiddleston New Zealand, guide Chris Jillet New Zealand, guide American Commercial Pumori/Lhotse Expedition Dan Mazur USA, leader Jonathan Pratt UK, co-leader Scott Darsney USA, climber and photographer Chantal Mauduit France, climber Stephen Koch USA, climber and snowboarder Brent Bishop USA, climber Diane Taliaferro USA, climber Dave Sharman UK, climber Tim Horvath USA, climber Dana Lynge USA, climber Martha Lynge USA, climber Nepali Everest Cleaning Expedition Sonam Gyalchhen Sherpa Nepal, leader Himalayan Rescue Association Clinic (in Pheriche Village) Dr. Jim Litch USA, staff doctor Dr. Larry Silver USA, staff doctor Laura Ziemer USA, staff member Indo-Tibetan Border Police Everest Expedition (climbing from the Tibetan side of the mountain) Mohindor Singh India, leader Harbhajan Singh India, deputy leader and climber Tsewang Smanla India, climber Tsewang Paljor India, climber Dorje Morup India, climber Hira Ram India, climber Tashi Ram India, climber Sange Sherpa India, climbing Sherpa Nadra Sherpa India, climbing Sherpa Koshing Sherpa India, climbing Sherpa Japanese-Fukuoka Everest Expedition (climbing from the Tibetan side of the mountain) Koji Yada Japan, leader Hiroshi Hanada Japan, climber Eisuke Shigekawa Japan, climber Pasang Tshering Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Pasang Kami Sherpa Nepal, climbing Sherpa Any Gyalzen Nepal, climbing Sherpa