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Scott’s 1996 Everest expedition team had made the hike to Tengboche, and they settled in for the night.

“The evening was clear, cold and calm,” Jane Courage recalled. “The peaks were exhilarating. A natural, euphoric high.” She prepared to file a report with Outside Online, one of many that would be sent back to the United States over the following months.

As the team organized their gear and swapped stories, Scott spent time alone with the monks at the monastery. Upon his return to their tents, his usual upbeat mood seemed muted. The monks had warned him about the dangers on the mountain and the unfavorable timing of the ascent. Astrologically, the conditions were not good for climbing Everest, they said. Balancing the spirituality of the mountain and the needs of his clients, Scott pressed forward, listening to snow avalanche down distant slopes.

GERI FOLLOWED THE NEWS OF Scott’s expedition, preferring the personal connection with the Mountain Madness office to the option of navigating the world of online news sites. She called on Friday, May 10, when she was on the way to Yosemite with a climbing partner. Lengthy ring tones gave way to the sounds of laughter. The gas station pay phone in her hand suddenly felt weightless. Celebration in the Mountain Madness office was under way.