"What price is paid by themselves and by their family? And then when you get back and your body is destroyed and your relationships are destroyed, and you don't know that you'll ever work again, or if you'll be in custodial care for the rest of your life..."

""What is guiding Everest?" asks Anatoli Boukreev. "I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide..."

"I have some huge news to announce, so I hope everyone is sitting down and ready for this one. Our climbing and search team members... just returned to Advanced Base Camp late this afternoon with an amazing story..."

"In the wake of the May 10, 1996 tragedy on Mount Everest, in which guides Scott Fischer and Rob Hall died, emotions have run high. All told, eight people perished, making it one of the deadliest days in the mountain's history..."

" On the big mountains, to tell you the truth, I think the Nepalese government has to be a bit more restrictive about permission for groups. I mean we had an enormous advantage when we were climbing in those early days because we were the only people there...."