The Baruntse Adventure: In the footsteps of Hillary across East Nepal

By Mark Horrell

Sherpa legend told of an enchanted valley that was said to be a place of great beauty. The valley became the nemesis of legendary mountaineer Edmund Hillary, who travelled there in 1954. Fifty years later, Mark Horrell embarked on a trek to follow in Hillary’s footsteps, but when he arrived, he learned of a terrible accident that had shaken the climbing community and would threaten his plans.