The Hotel On The Roof Of The World (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
Everest, or Chomolongma as the Tibetans refer to the world’s highest mountain, was the most popular peak but we also had groups who had been on Cho Oyu, Shishapangma and the Japanese favourite: Namche Barwa. At 25,446 feet (7,756 m) Namche Barwa was the highest unclimbed mountain in the world and the Japanese kept throwing themselves at it, determined to score a ‘first’. The death toll was high, but to their great credit – if you happen to think it credit-worthy to risk your life for the sake of standing on top of a large piece of windswept rock and ice – they did eventually succeed. The ‘Cowboys’ were the last team of the season to arrive back from Everest: sixteen Americans, bearded, sunburnt, exhausted and filthy – but all alive. None had made it to the summit but all were in good spirits. They had every right to be. Climbing Everest depends on an equal amount of phenomenal skill and luck, and this season even the most skilful teams had been defeated by bad luck. Each team told their own version of being stuck a few hundred metres from the summit waiting for a ‘window’ to appear in the blizzards which constantly sweep around the peak.
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