scott fischer died on the mountain madness expedition in the book "into thin air".
scott fischer died on the mountain madness expedition in the book "into thin air".
who died on the mountain madness expedition in the book "into thin air"?
scott fischer
hall had brokered a deal with "outside" magazine for advertising space in exchange for a story about the growing popularity of commercial expeditions to everest. krakauer was originally slated to climb with scott fischer's mountain madness team, but hall landed him, at least in part, by agreeing to reduce "outside"s fee for krakauer's spot on the expedition to less than cost. as a result, hall was paying out-of-pocket to have krakauer on his team.









































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scott fischer was the lead climbing guide for the mountain madness expedition. the team included eight clients.









































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1996 mount everest disaster
while leading mountain madness, fischer became renowned for his ascents of the world's highest mountains made without the use of supplemental oxygen. fischer and wally berg were the first americans to summit lhotse, the world's fourth highest mountain (27,940 feet / 8516 m), located next to mount everest. he and ed viesturs were the first americans to summit k2, (28,251 feet / 8611m) in the karakoram of pakistan without supplemental oxygen. during his stewardship of mountain madness, fischer led social and environmental initiatives to help people in the countries in which mountain madness traveled. as the leaders of the 1994 sagarmatha environmental expedition, fischer and rob hess both summited mount everest without supplemental oxygen. later that year, the american alpine club awarded the david brower conservation award, "an annual award recognizing leadership and commitment to preserving mountain regions worldwide," to all members of the expedition. fischer also led the 1996 climb for care expedition on mount kilimanjaro (19,341 feet / 5,895 m) in africa. this endeavor raised nearly a million dollars for the relief organization.
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