He was rescued by helicopter but had to endure several amputations and reconstructive surgery. The story of what happened to Weathers and his expedition on May 10, 1996, was made famous by writer Jon Krakauer's best-selling book Into Thin Air. He somehow managed to get down to Camp IV but suffered severe frostbite. A pictorial classic on one of the last 'undiscovered' countries in Europe. Anatoli Boukreev, a guide on another expedition led by Scott Fischer, came and rescued several climbers, but during that time, Weathers had disappeared into the night. Hall went higher himself to help someone else but he them himself got in difficulty and never returned.Ī blizzard then struck the mountain and Weathers and the others got extremely disoriented in the storm, and could not find Camp IV. Hall wanted him to go back down the mountain but he ended up waiting it out. Weathers became blindedby the effects of high altitude. In May 1996, Weathers was one of eight clients being guided on Mount Everest by Rob Hall of Adventure Consultants. The current official elevation is an astounding 8,848 m (29,029 ft). The international border between Nepal and China runs across its summit point.
Mount Everest is Earth’s highest mountain above sea level.
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