Nick Heil, a freelance journalist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was a senior editor at Outside from 1999 to 2006.
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In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near t... SEE MORE