Studded with quotes from original interviews with more than a hundred Western and Sherpa climbers, clients, writers, and filmmakers-including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker-Everest, Inc. foregrounds the colorful voices of the people who have made the mountain what it is today. As professional climber and author Freddie Wilkinson says, Whether you are thinking about taking a crack at the world s highest peak or are simply an armchair mountaineer trying to make sense of the complex dynamics driving the modern Everest industry, Everest, Inc. should be required reading.