Published April 14, 2008 12:00AM

Nick Heil's book </i>Dark Summit<i> is due out May 1, 2008.
For his book,
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest’s Most Controversial Season
, Outside columnist Nick Heil spent a month at base camp reporting on the second deadliest season on the world’s highest mountain. Read an exclusive excerpt from the May issue that investigates uber-guide Russell Brice’s involvement in the deaths. Then ask Heil a question.