Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure

The plan was outrageous: A small expedition of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain, summitted only once before. They would climb without using supplemental oxygen, porter support, or chance for rescue. Mimi Zieman would accompany the climbers as the doctor-and only woman-although she was still in her third year of medical school.



Full of self-doubt, Zieman grappled with whether to go but could...