I climbed the stairs in my house, starting at 1:00am, finally summited the second story at 6:00am, without oxygen. I’m ready for Everest.

Beck Weathers nearly dies and in the end gives up his seat to save the life of a stranger, that is the measure of a man.

I think we can all agree the Russian is an incredible hero, regardless of how some media outlets tried to smear his name.

The Nepalese helicopter pilot and Sherpa guides did extraordinary work! This story still rivets my attention decades later.

One fact that often goes unnoticed is that Sandy Pittman took one of the sherpa's to short rope her on the climb who was supposed to fix ropes with the other sherpa and that's why the ropes at Hillary's step were not fixed and it cost the teams an hour. An hour wasted in the death zone is like an invitation to death. A lot of casualties could've been prevented if that had not happened. Of course there were a lot of other bad decisions made that lead to the deaths but this one affected everyone summiting that day. Now she proudly sits there like a survivor who suffered at the hands of nature through no fault of her own.

The number would’ve been higher but for the legend, Anatoli Boukreev who was the strongest high altitude mountaineer of his era.

That Nepalese colonel and helicopter pilot is a beast. And a hero. I hope he has had a spectacular career. Hard to believe it’s almost 30 years since that day!

It’s kind of ironic that Scott Fischer describes exactly how you die on the mountain if you push yourself and can’t make it down, then he dies from doing exactly that! Sad! RIP climbers.

Wow that guide who went back into the storm 3 times looking for survivors is a hero!!

Neal Biedleman is also a hero he helped all the others down to just outside camp 4 they could have all walked off the side of the mountain without him.

Everyone forgets, and this documentary shamefully doesn't even mention the heroism of Andy Harris who could have gotten himself down to camp 4 but instead when Rob and Doug reported over the radio that they were in trouble and needed help, Andy went back up the mountain, into the heart of the storm, carrying bottles of oxygen to try to help Rob Hall and Doug Hanson. And he not only tried, but he made actually made it to them, as Rob Hall reported that he was there, but that he had disappeared during the night. He was never seen again.

Sadly Anatoli passed away the following year in an avalanche.

Wow, that pilot had balls of steel! Respect!

I got to hear Beck Weathers speak about a year after the 1996 tragedy. At the time I didn’t know anything about the story, so I was riveted by him. He was still healing then and still looked pretty bad, to be honest. After that I read Krakauer’s article in Outside magazine, as his book wasn’t published yet. I’ve now read Into Thin Air about five times, as well as books by Beck himself, Anatoli Boukreev and Lou Kasichke (sp?). I think you only get a well-rounded picture by reading several accounts, but Into Thin Air is one of my favorite books. All that said, I was and remain stunned by Beck Weathers’ physical courage and will to live. He wasn’t perfect, but who is? That’s something we should all remember about ourselves as well as mountain climbers.

This story remains in my heart and saddens me still. I love the live footage. RIP Rob and Scott and all who perished.

1997 and people said inexperienced climbers shouldn't be up there.

I am shocked that that helicopter could fly at all, with all the weight of that pilot balls! Beast mode!

One of the best documentaries on Everest I've seen,and despite the awful tragedy of so many people losing their lives, it did show that the human spirit can prevail.

"I thought if I die now, I die for my friend" Such honor and nobility, lots of respect.

The Nepalese are really incredible people