This was the third-highest recorded number of deaths on the mountain in a single day the April 2015 Nepal earthquake caused the most at 21. The 1996 expedition season recorded eight deaths, including that of Krakauer's guide Rob Hall. Krakauer describes the events leading up to his eventual decision to participate in an Everest expedition in May 1996, despite having mostly given up mountain climbing years before. Other groups were trying to summit on the same day, including one led by Scott Fischer, whose guiding agency, Mountain Madness, was perceived as a competitor to Hall's agency, Adventure Consultants. Krakauer's expedition was led by guide Rob Hall. It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt.
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