The Call of Everest - Conrad Anker

Climbing the world's tallest mountain is certainly a dangerous feat. Even this year, eight climbers have already died in pursuit of the opportunity to stand on Everest's summit. So who better than Everest legend Conrad Anker to discuss the mountain's constant appeal. In the new book from National Geographic, The Call of Everest, Anker writes a chapter in the volume that tells the mountain's history, geology, as well as what it does to the human body. He tells Boyd that Nepal, one of the governments that controls access to the mountain, needs to raise standards of those who wish to climb for the safety of everybody on the mountain.