Full Circle on top of Mount Everest

CU Boulder Alum Part of First All-Black Team to Summit Mount Everest

Nov. 7, 2022

Former CU decathlete Eddie Taylor admits he never expected to stand on the summit of Mount Everest — especially as part of the first all-Black team to attempt the expedition.

madison tarbox

Social Buffs: Madison Tarbox

Sept. 1, 2017

CU junior Madison Tarbox (Mktg'18) spent the month of July in a rural village outside Kathmandu, Nepal, teaching English, planting and harvesting in the jungle and trekking to the Everest Base Camp.

Tom Hornbein

Rarefied Air

Dec. 1, 2013

Fifty years ago, Tom Hornbein made history by being part of the team that put the first American on top of Everest.

Mount Everest

When Everest Speaks

Dec. 1, 2011

Mountaineer Neal Beidleman survived the 1996 Mount Everest tragedy that left eight climbers dead. Upon his return this year he found some peace.