Dave Hahn, a local of Taos, New Mexico, is a legendary figure in mountaineering. Elite members of the climbing community have likened him to the Michael Jordan, Cal Ripken, or Michael Phelps of the climbing world. The 2015 expedition he would lead came just one short year after the notorious Khumbu Icefall avalanche claimed the lives of sixteen Sherpas. Dave and his team-Sherpa sirdar Chhering Dorjee, assistant guide JJ Justman, base-camp manager Mark Tucker, and the eight clients who had trained for the privilege to attempt to summit with Dave Hahn spent weeks honing the techniques that would help keep them alive through the Icefall and the Death Zone. None of this could have prepared them for the earthquake that shook Everest and all of their lives on the morning of April 25, 2015. Shook tells their story of resilience, nerve, and survival on the deadliest day on Everest.

Jennifer Hull is a New Mexico-based writer, a former middle school teacher, and a former adjunct professor at UNM-Taos.

Cast of Characters Chapter One. Camp One, Everest Chapter Two. Kathmandu Chapter Three. Okinawa Chapter Four. Lukla Chapter Five. Angel Fire Chapter Six. Namche Bazaar Chapter Seven. The Death Zone Chapter Eight. Chomolungma Chapter Nine. Tengboche Monastery Chapter Ten. Pangboche Chapter Eleven. Pheriche Chapter Twelve. Thok La Chapter Thirteen. Mount Everest South Base Camp Chapter Fourteen. Gorak Shep Chapter Fifteen. Rainier Mountaineering, Inc., Base Camp Chapter Sixteen. Pumori Chapter Seventeen. The Khumbu Country Club Chapter Eighteen. The Icefall Chapter Nineteen. The Western Cwm Chapter Twenty. The Valley of Silence Chapter Twenty-One. Camp Two Chapter Twenty-Two. Nepal Chapter Twenty-Three. Texas Chapter Twenty-Four. Everest ER Chapter Twenty-Five. Langtang Chapter Twenty-Six. Monjo Chapter Twenty-Seven. Hotel Yak and Yeti Afterword Acknowledgments Bibliography