Adventure Consultants, formerly Hall and Ball Adventure Consultants, is a New Zealand-based adventure company that brings trekking and climbing groups to various locations. Founded by Rob Hall and Gary Ball in 1991, it is known for its pioneering role in the commercialisation of Mount Everest and the 1996 Mount Everest climb during which eight people died, including Hall, a guide, and two Adventure Consultant clients.
Everest's peak from Gokyo Ri
Dhaulagiri is also in the Himalayas and peaks at 8,167 m (26,795 ft)
Sunset rays light up the peak of Everest's North face
Khumbu Glacier + Khumbu Icefall + Mount Everest
Robert Edwin Hall was a New Zealand mountaineer. He was the head guide of a 1996 Mount Everest expedition during which he, a fellow guide, and two clients died. A best-selling account of the expedition was given in Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air, and the expedition has been dramatised in the 2015 film Everest. At the time of his death, Hall had just completed his fifth ascent to the summit of Everest, more at that time than any other non-Sherpa mountaineer.
Rob Hall
The Memorial Chorten for Rob Hall, Doug Hansen, Andy Harris, Yasuko Namba