Mount Everest in popular culture


This is a list of media content related to Mount Everest, the Earth's highest mountain, with an elevation of above sea level. Mount Everest was identified as such in the 19th century as a result of a geographical survey conducted by the British Empire. A century later it was climbed, after some infamous attempts in the preceding decades.
During the 20th and 21st centuries, the notoriety of Mount Everest increased and it became a common subject of novels and films, often focusing on particular expeditions or events at the mountain. For example, the 1998 film Everest was the highest grossing IMAX film up to that time, and some novels in the genre have sold millions of copies.

Books

Non-fiction

TitleAuthorYear of publicationNotes
A Day to Die ForGraham Ratcliffe2011about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and BeyondJim Whittaker1999
After the Wind: 1996 Everest Tragedy – One Survivor's StoryLou Kasischke2014about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
AftershockJules Mountain20172015 Mount Everest avalanches
Ascent into HellFergus White2017
Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount EverestBrian Dickinson (climber)2014about 2011 season
Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest TragedyLene Gammelgaard 2000about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Crystal Horizon: Everest: The First Solo AscentReinhold Messner1989about 1978 and 1980 solo summits
Dark SummitNick Heil2008About 2006 season
Dead LuckyLincoln Hall (climber)2007About his first summit in 2006 season
Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest MountainMick Conefrey2022about 1922 British Mount Everest expedition
Everest 1953: The Epic Story of the First AscentMick Conefrey2012about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Everest: Alone at the SummitStephen Venables2018about 1988 season
Everest: It's Not About the SummitEllis Stewart2016
Everest: Mountain without MercyBroughton Coburn1997photobook about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Everest, the west ridgeTom Hornbein1965about 1963 American Mount Everest expedition
Everest - The First Ascent: The Untold Story of Griffith Pugh, the Man who made it possibleHarriet Tuckey2013about 1952 British Cho Oyu expedition, 1953 British Mount Everest expedition and 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition
Everest the Hard WayChris Bonington1976about 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition
Everest: The Unclimbed RidgeChris Bonington, Charles Clarke1984
Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mt EverestBear Grylls2000
Fallen: George Mallory, the man, the myth, the legendMick Conefrey2024about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & IrvineJochen Hemmleb1999about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
Going Up is EasyLydia Bradey2015
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of EverestEdmund Hillary1955about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
High Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of GreedMichael Kodas2008
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving placesDavid Breashears1999
Into Thin AirJon Krakauer1997about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Into the SilenceWade Davis2011about 1922 British Mount Everest expedition
Just for the Love of it: The First Woman to Climb Mount Everest from Both SidesCathy O'Dowd, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes2000
Last Hours on EverestGraham Hoyland2013about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
Left for DeadBeck Weathers2000about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Master of Thin Air: Life and Death on the World's Highest PeaksAndrew Lock2015about David Sharp's death on Everest in 2006
One Man's EverestKenton Cool2015
No Summit out of SightJordan Romero2014
See You TomorrowJeremy Evans2021About Marco Siffredi snowboarding Everest in 2001 and 2002
The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922: Special Centenary EditionC. G. Bruce2022about 1922 British Mount Everest expedition
The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest GenerationClint Willis2006about Chris Bonington
The ClimbAnatoli Boukreev1997about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
The Fear BubbleAnt Middleton2019about 2018 season
The Fight for Everest 1924E. F. Norton2015about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
The Hunt for Mount EverestCraig Storti2021about 1921 and prior
The Longest Climb: The Last Great Overland QuestDominic Faulkner2010
The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. EverestConrad Anker1999about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition
The Mammoth Book of EverestJon E. Lewis2015Anthology
The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and EverestEd Caesar2020about Maurice Wilson's ascent in 1934
The Mountain: My Time on EverestEd Viesturs2013
The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer StormMatt Dickinson1999about North Face (Everest)
The Storms: Adventure and Tragedy on EverestMike Trueman2015about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
The Third Pole: My Everest Climb to Find the Truth About Mallory and IrvineMark Synnott2021about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and 2019 ascent with Renan Öztürk
The Turquoise Mountain: Brian Blessed on EverestBrian Blessed1993
To the Top of the WorldBrian Blessed1995
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of EverestBroughton Coburn and Jamling Tenzing Norgay2001about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Ultimate High: My Everest OdysseyGöran Kropp1997about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Up: My Life's Journey to the Top of EverestBen Fogle and Marina Fogle2018about 2018 season
Up and About, The Hard Road to EverestDoug Scott2015
View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer EverestEdmund Hillary1999about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Within Reach: My Everest StoryMark Pfetzer1998about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Many Everests: An Inspiring Journey of Transforming Dreams Into RealityRavindra Kumar2016

Fiction

Film and television

TitleYearGenreNotes
The Sherpa Family Cleaning up Mount Everest2022DocumentaryDirected by Geertjan Lassche
SHERPAS · True Heroes of Mount Everest2009DocumentaryARTE
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible2021Documentary
40 Days at Base Camp2011Documentaryabout 2011 season
Bear's Mission Everest2007Documentarywith Bear Grylls
Beyond the Edge2013Documentaryabout 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest2012Documentaryabout cleaning Everest directed by Marina Martins narrated by Patrick Stewart
Everest Air2016Reality TV show
Everest1998Documentaryabout 1996 Mount Everest disaster, a MacGillivray Freeman Films narrated by Liam Nelson for Imax
Everest '822007 mini-seriesDocumentaryabout 1982 season
Everest: Beyond the Limit2006–2009 TV seriesDocumentary
Everest ER2006DocumentaryBBC documentary about Everest ER
Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki 2016Drama
Everest: The Death Zone1998DocumentaryProduce by NOVA, narrated by Jodie Foster
Extreme Everest2018Documentarywith Ant Middleton and Ed Wardle about 2018 season
Lost on Everest2020DocumentaryRenan Öztürk
Galahad of Everest1991Documentarywith Brian Blessed
High Ground2012Documentaryabout 2010 season
Keeper of the Mountains2013Documentaryabout Elizabeth Hawley
Mount Everest1952Documentary
The Epic of Everest1924Documentaryrestored 2013, about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
The Challenge: Everest2018Documentarywith Ben Fogle, Victoria Pendleton and Kenton Cool about 2018 season
The Conquest of Everest1953Documentary
The Climb2007Documentaryabout Laurie Skreslet ascent in 1982
The Man Who Skied Down Everest1975Documentaryabout Yuichiro Miura in 1970
The Summit of the Gods2021Animation
The Wildest Dream2010Documentaryabout 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
Ultimate Survival: Everest2004Documentaryabout 2004 season
Wings Over Everest1934Documentary

Fiction/Dramatizations

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