"I would feel cheated if Scott had been killed in a car crash," Price-Fischer said at the time of her husband's death. "He deserved to die on Mount Everest." Her Children Are Giving Back to Their ...

Mountain Madness: Scott Fischer, Mount Everest & a Life Lived on High Robert Birkby. Citadel Press, $24.95 (342pp) ISBN 978-0-8065-2875-5 ...

He led the Mountain Madness expedition up Everest with Scott Fischer that year, and was responsible for saving the lives of three climbers who were stranded in the blizzard on the night of May 10.

Gyllenhaal plays Scott Fischer, who, prior to his death, had climbed both Everest and K2, the two highest peaks on the planet. Friends described him as "larger-than-life" with an "incredibly ...

He was renowned Northwest mountaineer Scott Fischer. He got caught in a blizzard on Mt. Everest in 1996. The final hours of Scott's life are chronicled in the new movie " Everest.

It was the first time the 52-year-old Aspen-based engineer had returned to Everest since his close friend Scott Fischer perished along with seven other climbers. For Beidleman, whose life was forever ...

Mountain Madness Early April 1996: Hill’s team, “Mountain Madness,” led by Scott Fischer, treks to Everest Base Camp at 17,000 feet and trains for six weeks, acclimating to the altitude.

A film of the tragedy Everest, is released on DVD this month, and stars Jason Clarke as New Zealander Rob Hall and Jake Gyllenhaal as American Scott Fischer, the expedition leaders of rival teams ...

Former Durangoan Wally Berg in yellow and Scott Fischer on Everest in 1989. Pumori, a 23,494-foot-high peak, is seen in the background. Courtesy of Peter Jamieson ...

On May 10, 1996, eight people died while climbing the ultimate trophy mountain Mount Everest. The poor decisions of the two expeditions' leaders and their clients has been the subject of numerous ...

CLIMB FOR CARE Remembering Scott Fischer Scott Fischer When I first met Scott Fischer, I didn’t think I’d like him. Sporting shoulder-length hair, an earring and looks good enough to threaten ...