"In this deft and honest memoir, Jim Davidson exorcises the demons of a tragedy. He turns personal disappointment into humanitarian witness after the disastrous Everest season of 2015, when an earthquake shut down climbing and took a far more horrendous toll on a whole nation. Returning two years later and at last reaching the summit, Davidson sagely weighs the rewards of individual achievement against moral questions that transcend mountaineering."
--David Roberts, author of
The Mountain of My Fear and
Limits of the Known
"Among all outdoor pursuits, climbing mountains offers the purest, most direct challenge. Jim Davidson weaves his experiences with avalanches, crevasse falls, earthquakes, altitude, frostbite, and other Himalayan hazards into an exciting, sometimes somber introspective narrative, describing not just
how he survives climbing the highest mountains in the world, but more importantly,
why he must go again and again."
--Roman Dial, author of
The Adventurer's Son"I've climbed with Jim for almost two decades, and in
The Next Everest he skillfully binds together his wit, geology training, quirky analytics, and enormous sensitivity into a delightful style. He weaves a tapestry of life lessons and experiences that take the reader along with him to Everest."
--Alan Arnette, Everest and K2 summiteer and contributor to
Outside, Rock & Ice, and
National Geographic
