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The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest

By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Apr 28, 2011

The docudrama The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest is equal parts love story and mystery. In 1924, charismatic adventurer George Mallory was hoping to become the first man to climb Mt. Everest. Devoted to his wife, Mallory had planned to place her photograph on the mountaintop to mark the accomplishment...
Lincoln Hall

Left for dead, the famous mountain climber survived a night alone on Mount Everest

By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Jun 4, 2009

The title of Lincoln Hall's book describes him to a tee: Dead Lucky. That's because he narrowly escaped becoming a Mount Everest fatality three years ago. During a climb, the famous Australian writer/mountaineer collapsed from altitude sickness. His companions were unable to revive him. Believing he was dead, they left...
“Seeing Beneath Mount Everest: Probing a Breeding Ground of Destructive Earthquakes

Anne Sheehan talks about earthquakes, Mount Everest and scorpions

By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Aug 9, 2007

Dr. Anne Sheehan likes getting high — elevation-ally speaking, that is. She’ll be telling viewers about it at her “Seeing Beneath Mount Everest: Probing a Breeding Ground of Destructive Earthquakes” presentation as part of the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Distinguished Lecture series. Sheehan, with the University of Colorado, Boulder,...
One Man's Meat

At Lynn's Steakhouse, it's still the age of the carnivore

By Alison Cook
Aug 24, 1995

Flipped inside out of its shell, and scored to unfold like a chrysanthemum, the two-pound Australian lobster tail looked as if it were not entirely of this earth. And it wasn't. "It's $69.95," murmured the waiter at Lynn's Steakhouse, presenting his exhibition platter of mountainous raw meats for our inspection...

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