What year did the author of Eiger Dreams attempt to climb Mount Everest?
Eiger Dreams: Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains is a non-fiction collection of articles and essays by Jon Krakauer on mountaineering and rock climbing. Jon Krakauer:  He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest.
1996