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Will Cockrell

Biography

Will Cockrell

Will Cockrell has spent more than 20 years as a senior editor, writer and consultant for national magazines, including Men’s Journal, Outside, Men’s Fitness and GQ. His work has been awarded by the American Society of Magazine Editors and Professional Publishers Association UK. A former outdoor guide, Cockrell has covered Everest throughout his career and has visited Everest base camp in Nepal. He lives with his family in Los Angeles, California.

Will Cockrell

Books by Will Cockrell

Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
by Will Cockrell - Adventure, History, Nonfiction, Travel

Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer’s INTO THIN AIR or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have the mountain pretty well figured out. It’s an extreme landscape where bad weather and incredible altitude can occasionally kill, but more so an overcrowded, trashed-out recreation destination where rich clients pad their egos --- and social media feeds --- while exploiting local Sherpas. There’s some truth to these clichés, but they’re a sliver of the story. Unlike any book to date, EVEREST, INC. gets to the heart of the mountain through the definitive story of its greatest invention: the Himalayan guiding industry. It all began in the 1980s with a few boot-strapping entrepreneurs who paired raw courage and naked ambition with a new style of expedition planning.