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A TEMPTING OFFER
In March of 1995, I received a call from Mark Bryant, the editor of Outside. He proposed that I join a guided Everest expedition scheduled to depart soon and write an article about the growing commercialization of the mountain. The magazine’s idea was that I remain in Base Camp and report the story from the glacier at the foot of the Tibetan side of the mountain. Mark insisted that I make the decision at once, so I said “yes” and went as far as to book a flight and get the required immunizations. But then, after I’d thought it through, I backed out at the last minute. Given the aversion to Everest I’d expressed over the years, one might assume that I declined to go on principle, but I did it for a different reason. As a child, I often imagined myself conquering the mountain, so the call from Outside had unexpectedly aroused a powerful, long-buried desire. I realized it would be unbearably frustrating to spend two months in the shadow of Everest without ascending higher than Base Camp. If I were going to travel to the far side of the globe and spend eight weeks away from my wife and children, I wanted an opportunity to climb the mountain.
A few days later, I thought of a possible alternative. I contacted the editor and asked if he would consider postponing the assignment for a year and changing it so that I got the chance to reach the summit. The immunizations would still be valid and a twelve-month delay would give me time to train intensively to meet the physical demands of the expedition. The biggest question was if the magazine would be willing to book me with one of the more reputable guide services and cover the $65,000 fee. I’d written more than sixty pieces for Outside over the previous fifteen years, but the travel budget for these assignments had never exceeded two or three thousand dollars.
Bryant called back a day later. He said that the magazine didn’t usually spend such high sums on any expedition, but he thought the story about the commercialization of Everest was worth it, and if I was serious about trying to climb to the top, Outside would figure out a way to make it happen.
adapted from Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
