Thirty years separate the Mount Everest disaster of May 1996 from the climbing season of 2026. In technological terms, they might almost be different eras. Modern Everest expeditions possess satellite communications, sophisticated forecasting, established fixed-rope systems, improved supplementary oxygen, GPS, vastly better clothing and equipment, and rescue capabilities that Rob Hall and Scott Fischer could … Continue reading Everest 1996 v 2026: Thirty Years of Lessons Learned?