On May 9th 1996, five expeditions launched an assault on the summit of Mount everest. The conditions seemed perfect. Twenty-four hours later one climber had died and 23 other men and women were caught in a desperate struggle for their lives as they battled against a ferocious storm that threatened to tear them ftom the mountain. In all eight climbers died that day in the worst tragedy Everest has ver seen. ISBN: 9781447203681 Author Jon Krakauer