Introduction: The Mountain That Refuses to be Climbed In the remote southwestern corner of the Tibetan Plateau, where the sky meets the earth in a dramatic crescendo of rock and…
Prologue: A Mother's Terror The lantern flickered in the tiny mud-brick home as young Meena rocked her two-year-old son, humming softly to calm his sudden screams. But this was no…
Footprints in the Snow: A Legend Comes to Life In 1951, renowned mountaineer Eric Shipton photographed a mysterious 13-inch footprint near Mount Everest that would ignite global Yeti mania. The…