It seemed like any other season on Mount Everest. Ten expeditions from around the world were preparing for their summit push; gathered together to try for mountaineering's ultimate prize. Twenty-four hours later; eight of those climbers were dead; victims of the most devastating storm ever to hit Everest. On the North face of the mountain; a British expedition found itself in the thick of the drama. Against all odds; film-maker Matt Dickinson and professional climber Alan Hinkes managed to battle through hurricane-force winds to reach the summit. In Death Zone; Matt Dickinson describes the extraordinary event that put the disaster on the front cover of Time and Newsweek. The desperate attempts of teams on the southern side of the mountain; fatal errors that led to the deaths of three Indian climbers on the North Ridge and the moving story of Rob Hall; the New Zealand guide who stayed with his stricken client; and paid with his life. Based on interviews with the surviving climbers and the first-hand experience of having lived through the killer storm; this gripping non-fiction book tackles issues at the very heart of mountaineering. Death Zone is an extraordinary story of human triumph; folly and disaster.