Mount Everest in popular culture

This is a list of media content related to Mount Everest, the Earth's highest mountain, with an elevation of 8,848 metres (29,029  ft) above sea level. Mount
Everest was identified as such in the 19th century as a result of a geographical survey conducted by the British Empire. A century later it was climbed, after some
infamous attempts in the preceding decades.

Expedition Everest, a roller coaster

at Disney's Animal Kingdom

A filmer on the North Col in 1922[1]

During the 20th and 21st centuries, the notoriety of Mount Everest increased and it became a common subject of novels and films, often focusing on particular
expeditions or events at the mountain. For example, the 1998 film Everest was the highest grossing IMAX film up to that time, and some novels in the genre
have sold millions of copies.

Books

Non-fiction

Year of
Title Author Notes
publication

A Day to Die For Graham Ratcliffe 2011 [2]

about 1996 Mount Everest disaster

A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond Jim Whittaker 1999 [3]

After the Wind: 1996 Everest Tragedy – One Survivor's [4]

Lou Kasischke 2014 about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Story
Aftershock Jules Mountain 2017 2015 Mount Everest avalanches Film poster for the 1952 Swiss
documentary
Ascent into Hell Fergus White 2017 [5]

Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount

Brian Dickinson (climber) 2014 about 2011 season
Everest

Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the

Lene Gammelgaard  2000 about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Everest Tragedy
Crystal Horizon: Everest: The First Solo Ascent Reinhold Messner 1989 about 1978 and 1980 solo summits

Dark Summit Nick Heil 2008 About 2006 season[6]

Dead Lucky Lincoln Hall (climber) 2007 About his first summit in 2006 season[7]
Everest: Alone at the Summit Stephen Venables 2018 about 1988 season

Everest: It's Not About the Summit Ellis Stewart 2016

Everest: Mountain without Mercy Broughton Coburn 1997 photobook about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Everest, the west ridge Tom Hornbein 1965 about Hornbein Couloir ascent in 1963

Everest - The First Ascent: The Untold Story of Griffith about 1952 British Cho Oyu expedition, 1953 British Mount Everest
Harriet Tuckey 2013
Pugh, the Man who made it possible expedition and 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition
Everest the Hard Way Chris Bonington 1976 about 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition

Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge Chris Bonington, Charles Clarke 1984

Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mt

Bear Grylls 2000
Everest
Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine Jochen Hemmleb 1999 about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition

Going Up is Easy Lydia Bradey 2015

High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of

Edmund Hillary 1955 about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Everest
High Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed Michael Kodas 2008

High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and

David Breashears 1999
Unforgiving places

Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer 1997 about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
 Year of
Title Author Notes
publication

Into the Silence Wade Davis 2011 [8]

about 1922 British Mount Everest expedition
Just for the Love of it: The First Woman to Climb Mount Everest from Cathy O'Dowd, foreword by Ranulph [9]
2000
Both Sides Fiennes

Last Hours on Everest Graham Hoyland 2013 about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition

Left for Dead Beck Weathers 2000 [10]

about 1996 Mount Everest disaster

Master of Thin Air: Life and Death on the World's Highest Peaks Andrew Lock 2015 about David Sharp's death on Everest in 2006

One Man's Everest Kenton Cool 2015

No Summit out of Sight Jordan Romero 2014 [11][12][10]

The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922: Special Centenary Edition C. G. Bruce 2022 about 1922 British Mount Everest expedition

The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's

Clint Willis 2006 about Chris Bonington
Greatest Generation
The Climb Anatoli Boukreev 1997 about 1996 Mount Everest disaster

The Fear Bubble Ant Middleton 2019 about 2018 season

The Fight for Everest 1924 E. F. Norton 2015 about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
The Hunt for Mount Everest Craig Storti 2021 about 1921 and prior

The Longest Climb: The Last Great Overland Quest Dominic Faulkner 2010 [13]

The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest Conrad Anker 1999 about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition

The Mammoth Book of Everest Jon E. Lewis 2015 Anthology

The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest Ed Caesar 2020 about Maurice Wilson's ascent in 1934

The Mountain: My Time on Everest Ed Viesturs 2013

The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer
Matt Dickinson 1999 about North Face (Everest)
Storm

The Storms: Adventure and Tragedy on Everest Mike Trueman 2015 [14]
about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
The Third Pole: My Everest Climb to Find the Truth About Mallory and
Mark Synnott 2021 about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and 2019 ascent with Renan Öztürk
Irvine

The Turquoise Mountain: Brian Blessed on Everest Brian Blessed 1993

To the Top of the World Brian Blessed 1995

Broughton Coburn and Jamling Tenzing
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest 2001 about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Norgay

Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey Göran Kropp 1997 about 1996 Mount Everest disaster

Up: My Life's Journey to the Top of Everest Ben Fogle and Marina Fogle 2018 about 2018 season
Up and About, The Hard Road to Everest Doug Scott 2015

View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to
Edmund Hillary 1999 about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Conquer Everest

Within Reach: My Everest Story Mark Pfetzer 1998 about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
 Year of
Title Author Notes
publication

Many Everests: An Inspiring Journey of Transforming Dreams Into [15]

Ravindra Kumar 2016
Reality

Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World’s Highest
Mick Conefrey 2022 about 1922 British Mount Everest expedition
Mountain

Fiction
Paths of Glory, Jeffrey Archer (2009)
Peak, Roland Smith (2007)
The Summit of the Gods (2000–2003 manga)
 The Abominable, Dan Simmons (2013)

Film and television

Title Year Genre Notes
The Sherpa Family Cleaning up Mount Everest 2022 Documentary Directed by Geertjan Lassche

SHERPAS · True Heroes of Mount Everest 2009 Documentary ARTE

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible 2021 Documentary

40 Days at Base Camp 2011 Documentary [16]

about 2011 season
Bear's Mission Everest 2007 Documentary with Bear Grylls

Beyond the Edge 2013 Documentary about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition

Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest 2012 Documentary [17]

about cleaning Everest directed by Marina Martins narrated by Patrick Stewart
Reality TV [18]
Everest Air 2016
show
about 1996 Mount Everest disaster, a MacGillivray Freeman Films narrated by Liam Nelson for
Everest 1998 Documentary
Imax

Everest '82 2007 mini-series Documentary about 1982 season

2006–2009 TV
Everest: Beyond the Limit Documentary
series
Everest ER 2006 Documentary BBC documentary about Everest ER

Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki (エヴェレスト 神々の山嶺 Everesuto Kamigami no

2016 Drama
Itadaki)

Everest: The Death Zone 1998 Documentary [19]

Produce by NOVA, narrated by Jodie Foster
Extreme Everest 2018 Documentary with Ant Middleton and Ed Wardle about 2018 season
Lost on Everest 2020 Documentary Renan Öztürk

Galahad of Everest 1991 Documentary with Brian Blessed[20]

High Ground 2012 Documentary [21]

about 2010 season

Keeper of the Mountains 2013 Documentary [22]

about Elizabeth Hawley

Mount Everest 1952 Documentary [23]

The Epic of Everest 1924 Documentary restored 2013, about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition

The Challenge: Everest 2018 Documentary with Ben Fogle, Victoria Pendleton and Kenton Cool about 2018 season

The Conquest of Everest 1953 Documentary [24]

The Climb 2007 Documentary about Laurie Skreslet ascent in 1982

The Man Who Skied Down Everest 1975 Documentary about Yuichiro Miura in 1970

The Summit of the Gods 2021 Animation

The Wildest Dream 2010 Documentary about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition

Ultimate Survival: Everest 2004 Documentary [25]

about 2004 season

Wings Over Everest 1934 Documentary

Fiction/Dramatizations
Everest (2015)
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997 TV movie)
Khangri: The Mountain (1996 Nepalese film)
Lost on Everest (1998 TV episode)[26]
Mallory's Tragedy on Mount Everest (1954 TV episode)[27]
Miracle on Everest (2007)[28]
Our Everest Challenge (TV movie)[29]
Summit of Dreams (1998)
Storm Over Everest (2008 TV episode)[30]
Monty Python's Flying Circus, "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition," the skit: "Everest Climbed by Hairdressers" (1972 TV episode)[31]
The Climb (2017)[32]
Touch the Top of the World (2006 TV movie)[33]
Wings Over Everest (2019)[34]

Other
Expedition Everest, a roller coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in Florida, and the most expensive roller coaster ever built at the time
Mount Everest webcam, the world's highest live webcam, installed near the mountain in 2011
Everest, a 2000 computer game[35]
Everest VR, a video game with virtual reality support based on the Unreal 4 game engine[36][37]
Mount Everest, a board game[38]

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